Hi Marmammer’s;

We are a group of people considering putting a proposal to sequence a baleen whale genome. We are aware of the fact that the bottlenose dolphin is up for low coverage (x2) sequencing, but feel that a baleen whale genome would complement that effort well (as would a sperm whale genome for that matter). To avoid duplicate efforts, though, we are asking if somebody else already have started on such an endeavor, or know somebody who has?

Although I am preaching to the choir here, then it seems odd that only a dolphin genome is on the list giving how unique cetacean are amongst mammals, and the reason why we’d like to go ahead with a baleen whale genome now that prices are becoming “reasonable”.

Please respond to: Per.Palsboll@gmt.su.se

Cheers,

Per

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