Animal sample from Spheniscus demersus (African penguin) for VGP reference genome, bSphDem1
Spheniscus demersus
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. It is the only penguin found in the Old World. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat (from Wikipedia entry). This sample was collected from a male individual at the Bronx Zoo in New York City and was coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society 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
bSphDem1
dev_stage
adult
collection_date
2023-04-11
geo_loc_name
USA: Bronx, New York
sex
male
tissue
skeletal muscle
biomaterial_provider
Wildlife Conservation Society
birth_date
2017-08-08
collected_by
Wildlife Conservation Society
lat_lon
40.8538 N 73.8755 W
store_cond
-80oC
treatment
Flash Frozen
Tube ID
N2023-0262
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal