Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo) transcriptome, mDasNov1

The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is found in many kinds of habitats, from mature and secondary rainforests to grassland and dry scrub.Their reproduction has some differences relative to other mammals, where implantation of fertilized eggs in females are delayed for three to four months to ensure the young will not be born during an unfavorable time. Once the zygote does implant in the uterus, it splits into four identical embryos, to form quadruplets (modified from Wikipedia entry). This sample is from a male, bred in captivity, at the University of Arkansas, and collected by Jeffrey Padberg, and coordinated by Trygve Bakken, Ed Lein, Rebbeca Hodge at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and Stephanie Marcus and Erich D. Jarvis at Rockefeller University, to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) and an Allen Institute motor cortex project. Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University led by Olivier Fedrigo and Erich D. Jarvis.