title: Animal sample from Trogon surrucura (Surucua trogon) for VGP reference genome, bTroSur1
organism: Trogon surrucura
description: The surucua trogon (Ciconia maguari) is a colorful trogon species found in humid forest of southeast South America. Trogon in Greek means "nibbling" and refers to the fact that these birds gnaw holes in trees to make their nests (from Wikipedia entry). This sample is from a female collected by D. A. Banin in 1995, 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: bTroSur1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: adult
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: Argentina
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: D. A. Banin
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 1995-10-29
attributes.tag: death_date
attributes.value: 29-Oct-1995
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Argentina: Posadas, Misiones
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 26.955278 S 55.087778 W
attributes.tag: specimen_voucher
attributes.value: USNM 620787
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: flash frozen
attributes.tag: bio-material
attributes.value: B05987
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal