Let there be Open Data

I am convinced that science should be open and thus I try to make data and code as accessible as possible. Below, are the accession numbers and links to the public repositories of the data sets I have worked on in the past, organized by repository type.

The analysis code for my work should generally be accessible through github , and at least for my more recent work, the computation environments are generally captured and shared on dockerhub .

Raw DNA Sequencing Data (ENA / SRA)

Several raw sequencing data sets that I have worked one are deposited at the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) or the Short Read Archive (SRA) by NCBI. These include:

• Projects PRJNA1099197 and PRJNA1099198 () Haplotype-resolved reference genomes for the Antarctic fur seal (arcGaz4_h1 and arcGaz4_h2), the raw sequencing data for these are deposited at PRJNA1134077

• Project PRJNA1039994 (): Whole Genome Resequencing (WGS) and Restriction site associated DNA (RAD) data of Nothern and Southern elephant seals (20/20 samples WGS).

• Project PRJEB27858 (): DNA and RNA sequencing libraries used for the assembly of the hamlet reference genome, whole genome resequencing data (110 hamlet samples, 3 species x 3 locations) and RNA sequencing of hamlet retina samples.

• Project PRJEB29705 (): whole genome resequencing data (15 hamlet samples: 10 x H. maya from Belize and 5 x H. gemma from Florida).

• Project PRJEB35459 (): whole genome resequencing data (47 hamlet and 3 Serranus samples).

Analysis Results (Dryad/ PANGEA/ figshare)

Many intermediate results of studies listed in the Science section are deposited on Dryad and similar archivs:

• Data from Hench et al. 2024 (, doi: 10.5061/dryad.g1jwstqzn)
  • two initial de novo haplotype assemblies (.fa)
  • the genome annotation of the final assembly for the first haplotype
  • a multi-species whole genome alignment of eleven pinniped species
  • analysis results, incl conservation scores, differentitation and GO term enrichment analysis
• Data from Hench et al. 2019 (, doi: 10.5061/dryad.pg8q56g)
  • Hamlet genome annotation (gff file)
  • Phased genotypes (vcf file)
  • F_ST and GxP results
• Data from Moran et al. 2019 (, doi: 10.5061/dryad.hp388dm)
  • Phased and unphased genotypes (vcf file)
• Data from Hench et al. 2022 (, doi: 10.5061/dryad.280gb5mmt)
  • Phased genotypes (vcf file)
  • Hamlet phenotype data (tsv file)
  • several population genomic results
• Data from Hench et al. 2017 (, doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.881075)
  • Hamlet transect counts from reef surveys at La Parguera (Puerto Rico, tsv file)
• Data by Laudien et al. 2014 (, doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.836024 and 10.1594/PANGAEA.836025)
  • In situ photos of benthic communities colonizing an artificial substrate at Kongsfjorden (Svalbard)