The crabeater seal reference genome reveals hallmarks of persistently large effective population size and sustained population expansion in the World’s most abundant pinniped

Beril Yıldız, Thomas Gelatt, Luis A Hückstädt, Daniel P Costa, Michael Tift, Jay Rotella, Elizabeth Flesch, Kaitlin Macdonald, Nancy Chen, Robert Garrott, Mike E Goebel, Jaume Forcada, Thorsten Wachtmeister, David L J Vendrami, Joseph I Hoffman

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DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkag294
Published: 2026-10-31
Container: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1093/g3journal/jkag294,
  title = {The crabeater seal reference genome reveals hallmarks of persistently large effective population size and sustained population expansion in the World’s most abundant pinniped},
  author = {Beril Yıldız and Thomas Gelatt and Luis A Hückstädt and Daniel P Costa and Michael Tift and Jay Rotella and Elizabeth Flesch and Kaitlin Macdonald and Nancy Chen and Robert Garrott and Mike E Goebel and Jaume Forcada and Thorsten Wachtmeister and David L J Vendrami and Joseph I Hoffman},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics},
  doi = {10.1093/g3journal/jkag294},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkag294}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The crabeater seal reference genome reveals hallmarks of persistently large effective population size and sustained population expansion in the World’s most abundant pinniped
AU  - Beril Yıldız
AU  - Thomas Gelatt
AU  - Luis A Hückstädt
AU  - Daniel P Costa
AU  - Michael Tift
AU  - Jay Rotella
AU  - Elizabeth Flesch
AU  - Kaitlin Macdonald
AU  - Nancy Chen
AU  - Robert Garrott
AU  - Mike E Goebel
AU  - Jaume Forcada
AU  - Thorsten Wachtmeister
AU  - David L J Vendrami
AU  - Joseph I Hoffman
PY  - 2026
JO  - G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
DO  - 10.1093/g3journal/jkag294
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Yıldız, B., Gelatt, T., Hückstädt, L. A., Costa, D. P., Tift, M., Rotella, J., Flesch, E., Macdonald, K., Chen, N., Garrott, R., Goebel, M. E., Forcada, J., Wachtmeister, T., Vendrami, D. L. J., & Hoffman, J. I. (2026). The crabeater seal reference genome reveals hallmarks of persistently large effective population size and sustained population expansion in the World’s most abundant pinniped. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkag294

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