Marmota flaviventris (yellow-bellied marmot) genome, mMarFla1, sequence data
The yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris), also known as the rock chuck, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel in the marmot genus. It is one of fourteen species of marmots, and is native to mountainous and semi-arid regions of southwestern Canada and western United States, including the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and the Great Basin (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a male individual from Gunnison County, Colorado was collected by Gregory Florant and coordinated by Luke Olsen and Paul Cohen at the Rockefeller University to generate a high-quality reference genome and contributed to 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.