Phocoena sinus (Vaquita) genome, mPhoSin1, alternate haplotype. Phocoena sinus isolate:mPhoSin1

The vaquita is the smallest porpoise, endemic to the upper Gulf of California, Mexico. The species is critically endangered, with fewer than 30 individuals estimated to remain in 2017 when this sample was collected, in now less than 16 when the genome was completed in 2019. The sample was collected during an attempted capture to begin a captive breeding program, resulting in death of the adult female V02F. Tissue samples were collected during necropsy, and cells were cultured at the Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo. A portion of the cells have been used to generate a chromosomal-level reference assembly as part of the G10K-VGP Project. Released from embargo in May 2021 in Morin et al Mol Ecol Resour 2021 21:1008-1020

小头鼠海豚（vaquita）是体型最小的鼠海豚，为墨西哥加利福尼亚湾北部特有物种。该物种种群处于极危等级：2017年本样本采集时，估计野外仅存不足30头个体；2019年该物种基因组组装完成时，种群数量已不足16头。本样本采集于一项圈养繁殖计划的尝试性捕获过程中，该过程导致成年雌性个体V02F死亡。研究人员通过动物尸检获取组织样本，并在圣地亚哥动物园保护研究所完成细胞培养。部分细胞被用于构建染色体级参考基因组组装，作为G10K-VGP计划的研究内容之一。该数据集于2021年5月随Morin等人发表于《分子生态学资源》（Mol Ecol Resour）2021年第21卷第1008-1020页的论文正式解禁发布。