{
  "id": 14953280,
  "title": "Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) environmental DNA (eDNA) shedding and decay: Influence of sunlight and comparison to other marine organisms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/sunflower-sea-star-pycnopodia-helianthoides-environmental-dna-edna",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.15.759472v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Conservation practitioners increasingly turn to environmental DNA (eDNA) for biomonitoring, yet interpreting DNA-based data requires attention to organismal shedding and decay dynamics. Here, we characterize shedding rates and decay rate constants of eDNA from Pycnopodia helianthoides, a critically endangered and ecologically important sea star in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Shedding rates were…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}