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Sebastian Alvarez-Costes
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🇲🇽 PhD Candidate at University of Otago 🇳🇿 Evolutionary genomics of marine mammals 🐬🦭🧬
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Sebastian Alvarez-Costes @sebasalco.bsky.social · Mar 18
🧬🌊 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 @josephguhlin.bsky.social · Jul 14
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Sebastian Alvarez-Costes spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about endangered Hector and Maui dolphins! Must listen!

#conservation #animals #genomics
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...
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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8
@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Maui’s #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separate…

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Whale Scientists @whalescientists.bsky.social · Apr 7
The recap of the study by Sebastian Alvarez-Costes on his new study! Super fascinating and inspiring work 🐬✨
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Whale Scientists @whalescientists.bsky.social · Apr 7
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.
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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.
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Sebastian Alvarez-Costes @sebasalco.bsky.social · Apr 7
The first paper from my PhD is out 🧬🐬

Thanks to all the co-authors of this project and my amazing supervisor @laninsky.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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...
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Sebastian Alvarez-Costes @sebasalco.bsky.social · Mar 18
🧬🌊 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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