Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus isolate:GPC 3440 Genome sequencing and assembly. Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus isolate:GPC 3440

Revive & Restore, a non-profit group of the Long Now Foundation, is sequencing DNA from all species of the Tympanuchus grouse genus to use new precise genome editing tools to recreate the extinct Heath Hen, T. cupido cupido, from it's living cousin the Greater Prairie Chicken, T. c. pinnatus. Beyond de-extinction, the genomes of Tympanuchus species will provide new tools and insights for the conservation and management of at risk populations and the critically endangered Attwater's Prairie Chicken. We contracted Dovetail Genomics to produce the reference genome assembly of the Greater Prairie Chicken for this project with funding donated by Warren Adams; the G. Kenneth Baum and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund; Lauren and John Driscoll; The Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation; Julie and Robin Graham; Pamela Kohlberg and Curt Greer; Gwen and Peter Norton, IKBS(NA); and Brad Palmer. The samples for this genome were supplied by John Toepfer and Bill Vodehnal.