Kogia breviceps
The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) is one of two extant species in the family Kogiidae in the sperm whale superfamily. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a female individual found on Bolsa Chica State Beach, California, was procured by Malena Berndt and Alissa Deming and coordinated by Phil Morin to generate transcriptome data for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing was conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.
isolate
mKogBre2
dev_stage
adult
collection_date
2023-03-26
geo_loc_name
USA: Bolsa Chica State Beach, California
sex
female
tissue
liver, spleen, muscle, brain, lung, adipose
biomaterial_provider
Pacific Marine Mammal Center: Malena Berndt
collected_by
Alissa Deming
lat_lon
33.68966 N 118.04386 W
store_cond
-80oC
treatment
flash frozen
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal