Ochotona princeps
The American pika (Ochotona princeps), a diurnal species of pika, found in the mountains of western North America. They are relatives of rabbits and hares. Pikas are vocal, using both calls and songs to warn when predators are nearby and during the breeding season (modified from Wikipedia entry). This sample is from a male in Grand Mesa, Colorado, USA, collected and procured by John R. Demboski, Andrea Marie Carrillo, and Andrew Doll, and curated at the Denver Zoology Tissue Mammal collection. The sample was used to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Olivier Fedrigo and Erich D. Jarvis. Voucher information: "DMNS:Mamm: 19738 Loan #: OL-2020-47 DZTM: Denver Zoology Tissue Mammal: 8723 collector number: JRD1676 preparator number: AMC-1782.
isolate
mOchPri1
dev_stage
adult
sex
male
tissue
muscle
biomaterial_provider
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
collected_by
John R. Demboski
collection_date
2019-07-17
geo_loc_name
USA: Grand Mesa, Colorado
lat_lon
39.087247 N 107.913514 W
specimen_voucher
DMNS:Mamm:19738
store_cond
-86oC
treatment
flash frozen
Loan #
OL-2020-47 DZTM
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal