Dear MARMAM, NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center has been working to complete a global genetic analysis of short-finned pilot whale taxonomy, expanding on data already generated primarily from the eastern and central Pacific, in order to resolve several taxonomic questions about the species using mitogenomes and nuclear SNPs. Our goal is to add approximately 150 mitogenomes and 100 nuclear samples to our current data set. We have limited numbers of samples outside of the eastern Pacific, the Hawaiian Islands and the Mariana Islands, so we are looking for additional short-finned pilot whale samples from target areas. Priority areas for us are: Southern Hemisphere Western Pacific Indian Ocean Eastern Atlantic If anyone in the MARMAM community has samples they would be willing to share, please contact us directly. In large studies like this we have many sample contributors, so in order to be fair and keep authorship lists under control, we typically offer co-authorship only when the number of samples is a substantial portion of the total, though we make exceptions for particularly important sample locations. Thank you, Amy Van Cise Phil Morin Karen Martien <*)))>< <*)))>< <*)))>< <*)))>< <*)))>< <*)))>< <*)))>< <*)))>< Amy Van Cise PhD Candidate https://amyvancise.wordpress.com Scripps Institution of Oceanography Ritter Hall 117 781-686-6753 avancise@ucsd.edu NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive 858-546-5648 avancise@gmail.com