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Sergio Vargas
PeerJ Author
240 Points

Contributions by role

Author 100
Preprint Author 140

Contributions by subject area

Biogeography
Evolutionary Studies
Marine Biology
Molecular Biology
Biosphere Interactions
Climate Change Biology

Sergio Vargas

PeerJ Author

Summary

I studied biology at the University of Costa Rica and moved to Germany where I got a doctoral degree in Geobiology. I work at the LMU in Munich as an Wiss. Assistant (roughly the same as an Assistant Prof. in the US). My main interests are octocorals and sponges, and my current focus is on symbiosis in these groups; although I also do research on systematics and evolutionary biology with octos...

Biodiversity Biogeography Evolutionary Studies Genomics Marine Biology Microbiology Molecular Biology Statistics Taxonomy Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Work details

Wiss. Assistent

LMU München
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology

Wiss. Assistent

Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Preprints 2
May 5, 2016
Genetic structure of the crown-of-thorns seastar in the Pacific Ocean, with focus on Guam
Sergio Tusso, Kerstin Morcinek, Catherine Vogler, Peter J. Schupp, Ciemon F. Caballes, Sergio Vargas, Gert Wörheide
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1970 PubMed 27168979
February 1, 2017 - Version: 1
Exploring the mitochondrial response to oxidative DNA damage in octocorals
Gaurav G Shimpi, Sergio Vargas, Gert Wörheide
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2770v1
March 4, 2016 - Version: 3
Genetic structure of the Crown-of-Thorns seastar in the Pacific Ocean, with focus on Guam
Sergio Tusso, Kerstin Morcinek, Catherine Vogler, Peter J Schupp, Ciemon F Caballes, Sergio Vargas, Gert Woerheide
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1167v3