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New Eyes in the Twilight Zone

October 11, 2019

By Johnny Willy | October 11, 2019

Members of WHOI’s Ocean Twilight Zone team, particularly the lab led by marine biologist Annette Govindarajan, are pioneering the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling and analysis to provide a more finely tuned picture of what lives deep beneath the surface of the ocean.

Video by Eric Olsen

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