title: Animal sample from Ctenodactylus gundi (northern gundi) for VGP reference genome, mCteGun2
organism: Ctenodactylus gundi
description: The northern gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is found in northern Africa on the south side of the Atlas Mountains at altitudes up to about 2,900 m (9,500 ft). Its range extends from western Libya through Tunisia and Algeria to eastern Morocco (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a female individual from Tunisia was procured by Christopher Conroy at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: mCteGun2
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: unknown
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2001-01-26
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Tunisia
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: female
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: Unknown
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Christopher Conroy
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Karen Nutt
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 33.133 N 10.083 E
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: Frozen
attributes.tag: Source ID
attributes.value: MVZ:Mamm:201015
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal