Ixodes persulcatus (Taiga tick, Iper-2018) - GCA_013358835.2 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Ixodes persulcatus

Ixodes persulcatus, the taiga tick (Ixodes persulcatus), is a species of hard-bodied tick distributed from Europe through central and northern Asia to the People's Republic of China and Japan. The sexual dimorphism of the species is marked, the male being much smaller than the female. Hosts include wild and domestic ungulates, man, dog, rabbit, and other small mammals, including the dormouse, Amur hedgehog, and occasionally birds.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_013358835.2].

The total length of the assembly is 1899962506 bp contained within 11596 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 532020, the scaffold L50 value is 936. The GC% content of the assembly is 46.0%.

Annotation

Annotation of the GCA013358835v2 (BIME_Iper_1.3) assembly was carried out by VEuPathDB VectorBase. The set of gene models presented (genebuild VEuPathDB-2022-11-01, released November 2022) combines manual annotation, data provided by the research community, and gene prediction using the Ensembl system.