Animal sample from Dermatemys mawii (Central American river turtle) for VGP reference genome, rDerMaw1
Dermatemys mawii
The Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii), also called the hickatee, is the only living species in the family Dermatemydidae. The species is found in the Atlantic drainages of Central America, specifically Belize, Guatemala, southern Mexico, and probably Honduras (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a wild-caught male individual at the Saint Louis Zoo originating in Guatemala was procured by Jane Merkel and coordinated by Paul Hime to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.
isolate
rDerMaw1
dev_stage
adult
collection_date
2010-09-02
geo_loc_name
Guatemala
sex
male
tissue
lung
biomaterial_provider
Washington University in St. Louis: Paul Hime
collected_by
Saint Louis Zoo, Jane Merkel
lat_lon
17.622889 N 89.678629 W
store_cond
-80oC
treatment
Frozen
Source ID
17988
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal