Details for Zoology Collection at Museo de Zoología Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
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| Collection data |
| Name | Zoology Collection at Museo de Zoología Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador |
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| Description | Museo de Zoología at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador hosts the largest specimen collection and Genome bank in Ecuador. The genome bank has over 40,000 tissues (updated to August 2015) stored in -80 ultra freezers. |
| Description for specialists | |
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| Provenance | |
| Notes | |
| Primary grouping principle | Taxonomic |
| Primary purpose | Research |
| Part of collection | |
| Related collection(s) | |
| Known to contain types | Not known to contain types |
| Rights |
| Rights | |
| Access rights | The specimen collection and the genome bank are available for use of the scientific community both within and outside Ecuador. For information on how to access samples in the genome bank visit: http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/Vertebrados/BancoGenoma.aspx |
| Usage restrictions | |
| McGinley conservation statuses |
| Level 6 |
Identified, integrated, and adequately curated. |
| Date |
09-08-2015 (dd-mm-yyyy) |
| Development status |
| Active growth |
| Formation periods |
| Not entered |
| Collection extents |
| 40000 tissues |
| Kingdom coverage |
| Animalia |
| Taxon coverage |
| Vertebrata |
| Living time periods |
| Not entered |
| Specimen preservation methods |
| Cryopreserved |
| Item level access |
| Source: Specimen and tissue database
Description: Specimen and tissue holdings are available online for amphibians and reptiles.
Amphibians: http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/vertebrados/BusquedaColeccionAnfibios.aspx
Reptiles: http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/Vertebrados/BusquedaColeccionReptiles.aspx
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| Related material |
| Museum website: http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/Vertebrados/QuienesSomos.aspx |
