Ctenocephalides felis (Cat flea, EL2017-DRISC) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Ctenocephalides felis

The cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is an extremely common parasitic insect whose principal host is the domestic cat, although a high proportion of the fleas found on dogs also belong to this species. This is despite the widespread existence of a separate and well-established "dog" flea, Ctenocephalides canis. Cat fleas originated in Africa but can now be found globally. As humans began domesticating cats, the prevalence of the cat flea increased and it spread throughout the world.

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Taxonomy ID 7515

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_003426905.1].

The total length of the assembly is 775452550 bp contained within 3733 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 71713785, the scaffold L50 value is 4. The GC% content of the assembly is 29.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_003426905.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v100. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.