Blood sample from adult female Stictonetta naevosa (SampleID: SHBPFD1). The freckled duck (family Anatidae) is native to Australia. This project contributes to a broader effort to compare genome evolution in all seven brood parasitic clades among birds, and to test the prediction that the evolution of brood parasitism (and loss of parental care behavior) results in genome-wide signatures of molecular convergence and/or convergent changes in coding and/or regulatory regions associated with particular genetic pathways or functions. The focal species for this project is the brood parasitic black-headed duck (Heteronetta atricapilla), which is compared to representatives of three closely related genera: African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus), ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis), and freckled duck (Stictonetta naevosa). Contributed by the Brood Parasitic Bird Genomes Consortium
isolate
SHBPFD1
breed
Freckled duck
age
missing
dev_stage
adult
sex
male
tissue
blood
biomaterial_provider
Sylvan Heights Bird Park, Scotland Neck, NC, USA
geo_loc_name
USA: Scotland Neck, NC
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal