Melospiza melodia melodia
The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is a medium-sized sparrow, and one of the most abundant, variable and adaptable native sparrow species in the Americas (modified from Wikipedia entry). It has been one of the songbird species investigated for behavioral mechanisms of vocal learning. This sample was collected by Jonathan Clark from Maquoit Bay, in Brunswick, Maine, and used to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). The project was coordinated by Adrienne Kovach and Lindsey Fenderson of the University of New Hampshire. Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Olivier Fedrigo and Erich D. Jarvis.
isolate
bMelMel2
dev_stage
adult
collection_date
2020-07-29
geo_loc_name
USA: Maquoit Bay, in Brunswick, Maine
sex
female
tissue
blood
biomaterial_provider
Adrienne Kovach: University of New Hampshire
collected_by
Jonathan Clark
lat_lon
43.868 N 69.9919 W
store_cond
-80oC
treatment
100% EtOH frozen
Band number
2831-61162
Tube ID
SOSP 2831-61162
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal