organism: Natator depressus
description: The Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) is a species of sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is endemic to the sandy beaches and shallow coastal waters of the Australian continental shelf (from Wikipedia entry). This sample found at Cable Beach in Western Australia was procured by Scott Whiting of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia and Oliver Berry of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and coordinated by Camila Mazzoni and Lisa Komoroske to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing was 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: rNatDep1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: adult
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2022-08-24
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Australia: Cable Beach, Western Australia
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: female
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: blood
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO): Oliver Berry
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia: Scott Whiting
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 17.9319 S 122.2081 E
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: Frozen
attributes.tag: Source ID
attributes.value: 264A/B
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal