title: Animal sample from Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) for VGP reference genome, rCroNil1
organism: Crocodylus niloticus
description: The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and central regions of the continent, and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers, swamps and marshlands (from Wikipedia entry). This sample is from a female individual born in captivity in Tel Aviv, Israel from parents shipped from South Africa. The sample was procured by Tzachi Hagai, Sivan Friedman, Rotem Fuchs, and Zohar Haggai of Tel Aviv University 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: rCroNil1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: subadult
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: female
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: blood
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Tel Aviv University: Tzachi Hagai
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Tzachi Hagai, Sivan Friedman, Rotem Fuchs, Zohar Haggai
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2023-03-04
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Israel: Ein Hatseva
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 30.797633 N 35.246006 E
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: Frozen
attributes.tag: Source ID
attributes.value: Crocodile 5A
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal