title: Animal sample from father bSerCaa3 of Serinus canaria (canary) for VGP reference genome, bSerCaa1
organism: Serinus canaria
description: The canary (Serinus canaria) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Serinus in the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. Wild birds are mostly yellow-green, with brownish streaking on the back. The species is common in captivity and a number of color varieties have been bred (from Wikipedia entry). This sample from the father of a trio assembly (female offspring bSerCaa1, mother bSerCaa2, father bSerCaa3). The origin of the animals is Stewarts Bird Farms, Harleysville, PA. It was procured by Jean-Nicolas Audet at the Rockefeller University Field Research Center in Millbrook, New York, for a vocal learning study and 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.