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+media:
+ - bluesky-galaxyproject
+ - bluesky-vgp
+ - linkedin-galaxyproject
+ - mastodon-galaxyproject
+ - mastodon-vgp
+mentions:
+ bluesky-galaxyproject:
+  - vertebrategenomes.bsky.social
+  - wcs.org
+ bluesky-vgp:
+  - galaxyproject.bsky.social
+  - wcs.org
+ linkedin-galaxyproject:
+  - vertebrategenomespro
+  - wildlife-conservation-society
+ mastodon-galaxyproject:
+  - vertebrategenomesproject@mastodon.social
+ mastodon-vgp:
+  - galaxyproject@mstdn.science
+---
+![René Hodges from iNaturalist](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/68384796/original.jpg)
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+![Callum Evans from iNaturalist](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/212301457/original.jpeg)
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+![Callum Evans from iNaturalist](https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/212301565/original.jpeg)
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+🐧 We are proud to announce a completed genome assembly for the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Special thanks to our collaborators at the Bronx Zoo and the Wildlife Conservation Society!
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+🧬 The genome was sequenced and assembled at the Vertebrate Genome Lab, with assembly done on Galaxy. Data available on NCBI's GenBank: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genome/GCA_050947425.1/
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+📷️ (1) René Hodges (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43071359)
+(2-3) Callum Evans (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125201135)