CMU researchers work on detecting invasive species By Craig
McMorris, TV5 Anchor/Reporter - bio | email MT. PLEASANT, MI
(WNEM) - Researchers including a professor from Central Michigan
University continue their work which could be key in keeping
Asian Carp out of the Great Lakes. CMU biology professor Andrew
R. Mahon and a group of researchers from the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS), the University of Notre Dame and The Nature
Conservancy have identified a genetic method of surveillance to
detect the abundance of invasive species in water. The group
says the study is the first to utilize the common genetic
technique known as PCR screening to detect the relative
abundance of a particular Asian carp species by testing for
residual environmental DNA in water samples. The findings of
their recent study have been published in PLOS ONE, the
electronic journal of the Public Library of Science, an open-
access publisher of research from all areas of science. "Our
study shows the percentage of DNA positive samplings we