Colius striatus (speckled mousebird) genome, bColStr4

The speckled mousebird (Colius striatus) is the largest species of mousebird, as well as one of the most common. It is found throughout most of Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. They are conspicuously social birds, feeding together and engaging in mutual preening (from Wikipedia entry). This genome is from a female in the Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, was procured by Mads Bertelsen, and coordinated by Tom Gilbert to be used to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Olivier Fedrigo and Erich D. Jarvis, with funding support from Tom Gilbert and Jarvis

斑点鼠鸟（speckled mousebird，学名Colius striatus）是体型最大的鼠鸟物种，同时也是最为常见的鼠鸟种类之一。它们广泛分布于非洲中部、东部及南部的大部分区域。该鸟类具有鲜明的群居特性，会集体觅食并互相整理羽毛（引自维基百科词条）。本基因组样本取自丹麦哥本哈根动物园的一只雌性个体，由Mads Bertelsen采集，经Tom Gilbert协调，用于为脊椎动物基因组计划（Vertebrate Genomes Project, VGP）构建高质量参考基因组。测序及基因组组装工作在洛克菲勒大学脊椎动物基因组实验室（Vertebrate Genomes Lab, VGL）开展，由Olivier Fedrigo与Erich D. Jarvis主导，并获得了Tom Gilbert和Jarvis的经费支持。