Data providing member | Joined: June 3, 2015
Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Online since: June 16, 2016
Last update: June 7, 2018
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Zoology Collection at Museo de Zoología Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

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.

Contacts

Sample Requests
Santiago Ron
santiago.r.ron@gmail.com
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
EC170135 Quito
Ecuador
Sample Requests
Hugo Guillermo Navarrete Zambrano
hnavarrete@puce.edu.ec
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
EC170135 Quito
Ecuador

Institution Type

Museum, University

Collection Type

Tissue

Collection Size

40000 tissues

Collection Coverage

Kingdoms: Animalia
Taxa: Vertebrata
Geospatial: , 1

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

Curation details

Primary Purpose: Research
Development Status: Active growth
Preservation methods: Cryopreserved
Known to contain types: No

McGinley Conservation statuses

Level 6: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.
Date: 2015-08-09

Institution Codes

Acronym: QCAZ
CITES: not registered