Scientists solve the case of the red abalone die-off using forensic genomics
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 06:50
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —In August 2011, thousands of dead red abalone washed up on the beaches of Sonoma County in Northern California. At the time, the cause was unknown, but scientists, including a biologist from the University of California, Davis, learned that a harmful algal bloom was to blame: the causative agent Yessotoxin.