Serinus canaria (canary) genome, bSerCaa1, sequence data
The canary (Serinus canaria) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Serinus in the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. Wild birds are mostly yellow-green, with brownish streaking on the back. The species is common in captivity and a number of color varieties have been bred (from Wikipedia entry). This sample from a female individual is part of a trio assembly (female offspring bSerCaa1, mother bSerCaa2, father bSerCaa3). The origin of the animals is Stewarts Bird Farms, Harleysville, PA. It was procured by Jean-Nicolas Audet at the Rockefeller University Field Research Center in Millbrook, New York, for a vocal learning study and to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP).