Animal sample from Chitra chitra (striped narrow-headed giant softshell turtle) for VGP reference genome, rChiChi1
Chitra chitra
The striped narrow-headed giant softshell turtle (Chitra chitra) is a large species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a wild-caught male individual at the Saint Louis Zoo originating in Indonesia 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
rChiChi1
dev_stage
adult
collection_date
2024-02-01
geo_loc_name
Indonesia: West Java
sex
male
tissue
blood
biomaterial_provider
Washington University in St. Louis: Paul Hime
collected_by
Saint Louis Zoo, Jane Merkel
lat_lon
6.678865 S 107.069190 E
store_cond
-80oC
treatment
Ethanol
Source ID
982013
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal