title: Animal sample from Theristicus caerulescens (plumbeous ibis) for VGP reference genome, bTheCae1
organism: Theristicus caerulescens
description: The plumbeous ibis (Theristicus caerulescens) is a large ibis that lives in central South America. Unlike some other ibis species, it is mostly solid in color (grey). It releases an unpleasantly musty odor when caught (from Wikipedia entry). This sample is from a female collected by C. N. Milensky in 2005, stored by the Smithsonian Institute. It was further procured by Gary Graves of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., to generate a high-quality reference for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, lead by Olivier Fedrigo and Erich D. Jarvis, with support from Tom Gilbert and Jarvis.
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: bTheCae1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: juvenile chick
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: female
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: heart, muscle, liver
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Smithsonian
attributes.tag: birth_location
attributes.value: South America
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: C. M. Milensky
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2005-10-26
attributes.tag: death_date
attributes.value: 26-Oct-2005
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Uruguay: Rocha
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 33.741944 S 53.746111 W
attributes.tag: specimen_voucher
attributes.value: USNM 636095
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: bio-material
attributes.value: B20749
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal