Project: Understanding the Sunflower Sea Star’s Genomic Risk, and Potential for Genetic Rescue, from Sea Star Wasting Disease: Applying Genomic Resources to Improve Captive Breeding and Ecosystem Restoration
Taxon: Pycnopodia helianthoides
People: Lauren M. Schiebelhut, Clovis Community College; Dawson lab, University of California, Merced.
Place: Northeastern Pacific
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References
Schiebelhut, L.M., M.B. DeBiasse, L. Gabriel, K.J. Hoff, & M.N Dawson. 2023. Chromosome-scale reference genome for the sunflower sea star, Pycnopodia helianthoides: a resource for ecological restoration. Journal of Heredity esad054
https://academic.oup.com/jhered/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jhered/esad054/7279103
Heady, W.N., R. Beas-Luna, M.N Dawson, N. Eddy, K. Elsmore, F. T. Francis, T. Frierson, A.L. Gehman, T. Gotthardt, S.A. Gravem, J. Grebel, S. L. Hamilton, L. Hannah, C.D. Harvell, J. Hodin, I. Kelmartin, C. Krenz, L. Lee, J. Lorda, D. Lowry, S. Mastrup, E. Meyer, P. T. Raimondi, S. S. Rumrill, V. R. Saccomanno, L. M. Schiebelhut, C. Siddon. 2022. Roadmap to recovery for the sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) along the west coast of North America. The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, US. 44 pages.
https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/tnc_Roadmap_to_Recovery_for_the_Sunflower_Sea_Star_Nov2022.pdf