Sebastian Alvarez-Costes
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🇲🇽 PhD Candidate at University of Otago 🇳🇿 Evolutionary genomics of marine mammals 🐬🦭🧬
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🧬🌊 Hola! I'm Sebastian Alvarez-Costes, a Mexican PhD Candidate in Aotearoa, New Zealand. My research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of Hector's and Māui dolphins 🐬. Always happy to connect with fellow researchers in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, and conservation genomics!
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Joseph Guhlin
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www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Sebastian Alvarez-Costes spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about endangered Hector and Maui dolphins! Must listen!
#conservation
#animals
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Scientists make breakthrough in tracking health of endangered dolphins
Scientists working to help track the health of endangered Hector and Maui dolphins have made a breakthrough which they compare to solving a 3 billion piece puzzle. Using that analogy, the puzzle piece...
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018995530/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-tracking-health-of-endangered-dolphins
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Clare I. M. Adams
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talks at
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Whale Scientists
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The recap of the study by Sebastian Alvarez-Costes on his new study! Super fascinating and inspiring work 🐬✨
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Whale Scientists
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Scientists have assembled the first high-quality genomes of New Zealand’s Hector’s + critically endangered Māui dolphins using degraded DNA—an unprecedented breakthrough that offers insights for conservation and a new path forward for endangered species worldwide.
whalescientists.com/new-zealand-...
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New Genome Assembly Approach Unlocks Secrets of Critically Endangered Dolphins in New Zealand
Despite working with degraded DNA, scientists assembled high-quality genomes of New Zealand's dolphins, with insights for conservation.
https://whalescientists.com/new-zealand-dolphin-genomes/
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The first paper from my PhD is out 🧬🐬 Thanks to all the co-authors of this project and my amazing supervisor
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Leveraging Synteny to Generate Reference Genomes for Conservation: Assembling the Genomes of Hector's and Māui Dolphins
Escalating concern regarding the impacts of reduced genetic diversity on the conservation of endangered species has spurred efforts to obtain chromosome-level genomes through consortia such as the Ve...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.14109?af=R
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🧬🌊 Hola! I'm Sebastian Alvarez-Costes, a Mexican PhD Candidate in Aotearoa, New Zealand. My research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of Hector's and Māui dolphins 🐬. Always happy to connect with fellow researchers in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, and conservation genomics!
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