Animal sample from Bothrops pictus (desert lancehead) for VGP reference genome, rBotPic1
Bothrops pictus
Bothrops pictus, commonly known in English as the desert lancehead, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to South America (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a female individual from Lima Peru was procured by Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR) and coordinated by Dan Vivas-Ruiz, Daniel Torrejon, and Alex Proleon 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. This work was funded by CONCYTEC through the PROCIENCIA program under the call for proposals "Scholarships for doctoral programs in interinstitutional alliances," according to contract PE501088973-2024.
isolate
rBotPic1
dev_stage
adult
collection_date
2024-05-28
geo_loc_name
Peru: Lima
sex
female
tissue
blood
biomaterial_provider
National University Of San Marcos: Dan Vivas-Ruiz
collected_by
Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR)
lat_lon
12.07734 S 77.03642 W
store_cond
-80oC
treatment
ethanol
Source ID
Bpic01-R1, Bpic01-R2
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal