Cimex lectularius (Bed bug, Harlan) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Cimex lectularius

Cimex lectularius, the common bedbug, is a parasitic insect feeding preferentially on human blood. Cimex is cosmopolitan, found throughout the world in association with human populations. Cimex is not thought to be a vector although recent studies have shown that it can transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the pathogen for Chagas disease in mice.

Harlan strain

Strain chosen for genome sequence. Fort Dix colony established and maintained in culture in Harold Harlan's lab since 1973. Sequenced material was produced from animals after five generations of single pair matings.

Sources: * VectorBase * NCBI BioSample SAMN02649412 * BCM-HGSC Bed Bug Genome Project

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Clec_2.0 assembly

Submitted by The i5K Pilot Project.

Annotation

The annotations in Ensembl Metazoa is the NCBI Cimex lectularius Annotation Release 101.

References

1. Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome.
   Benoit JB, Adelman ZN, Reinhardt K, Dolan A, Poelchau M, Jennings EC, Szuter EM, Hagan RW, Gujar H, Shukla JN et al. 2016. Nat Commun.. 7

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