title: Animal sample from Axis porcinus (hog deer) for VGP reference genome, mAxiPor1
organism: Axis porcinus
description: The hog deer (Axis porcinus), also called the Indian hog deer or Indochinese hog deer, is a small cervid native to the region of the Indian subcontinent and Indo-Gangetic Plain. Introduced populations are established in Australia, as well as the United States and Sri Lanka. Its name derives from the hog-like manner in which it runs through forests (with its head hung low), to ease ducking under obstacles instead of leaping over them, like most other deer (from Wikipedia entry). This sample was collected from a male individual at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. The sample was coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society and supported by Google 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: mAxiPor1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: neonate
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2023-03-19
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: USA: Bronx, New York
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: male
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: skeletal muscle
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: Wildlife Conservation Society
attributes.tag: birth_date
attributes.value: 2023-03-19
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Wildlife Conservation Society
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 40.8538 N 73.8755 W
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: -80oC
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: frozen
attributes.tag: Source ID
attributes.value: N2023-0159/M23015
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal