Coloeus monedula (jackdaw) genome, bColMon2, sequence data
The jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) is a passerine bird in the crow family. It is found across Europe, western Asia and western North Africa; it is mostly resident, although northern and eastern populations migrate south in the winter (from Wikipedia entry). This blood sample of a female individual was Groningen, Netherlands was procured by Jaanis Lodjak and coordinated by Ellis Mulder and Simon Verhulst 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.