Anim sample from Platyrrhinus helleri (Heller's broad-nosed bat) for Bat1K reference genome, in collaboration with BBF and VGP, mPlaHel1
Platyrrhinus helleri
Heller's broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus helleri) is a bat species in the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a male individual found in Orange Walk District, Lamanai, Belize was procured by Nancy Simmons to generate a high-quality reference genome for Bat1K and the Bat Biology Foundation. Sequencing was conducted at Paratus Sciences and genome assembly was conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.