description: The Rock ptarmigan is a bird species belonging to the Phasianidae family. The species has a circumpolar distribution inhabiting sub-arctic and arctic regions in addition to a few more southern alpine regions. This sample is being included in the Vertebrate Genomes Project. The sample was collected by Kristinn P. Magnusson who also provided the finances for the project through his Icelandic Research Fund grant 206529-052, together with Jacob Hoglund with grant VR 2018-04635. The genome was assembled and
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: bLagMut3
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: adult
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: male
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: blood
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Icelandic Institute of Natural History
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Kristinn P. Magnusson
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2016-10-04
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Iceland: Husavik
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 66.088900 N 17.264700 W
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: Dry ice, -70C
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: RNAlater (Sigma Aldrich)
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal