organism: Monodelphis domestica
description: The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) is a small marsupial that inhabits parts of South America. However, it does not have a true pouch. It is a research model as it breeds relatively easily in the laboratory, and neonates can be readily accessed. This sample is from a captive bred colony, procured and collected by Leah Krubitzer at the University of California Davis and Rebecca Hodge at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and used 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 Ed Lien and Trygve Bakken at the Allen Institute for Brain Science.
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: mMonDom1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: adult
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: male
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: spleen, liver
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: University of California, Davis
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Leah Krubitzer, Rebecca Hodge
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2020-11-01
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: USA: Davis, California
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 38.544907 N 121.740517 W
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: Flash frozen
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal