Sarcoptes scabiei (Itch mite, X4-3) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Sarcoptes scabiei

Sarcoptes scabiei or the itch mite is a parasitic mite found in all parts of the world that burrows into skin and causes scabies. Humans become infested by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis; other mammals can be infested with different varieties of the mite. They include wild and domesticated dogs and cats, ungulates, wild boars, bovids, wombats, koalas, and great apes.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_020844145.1].

The total length of the assembly is 57283228 bp contained within 9 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 6519198, the scaffold L50 value is 5. The GC% content of the assembly is 33.0%.

Annotation

Metazoa displaying genes imported from GenBank entry linked to the assembly with accession GCA_020844145.1.

Genomic annotation was deposited along with initial assembly submission by "College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University".

Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by metazoa.