Dermacentor andersoni (Rocky Mountain Wood Tick) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Dermacentor andersoni

Dermacentor andersoni, commonly known as the Rocky Mountain wood tick, is a hard tick, or member of the Ixodidae family, with three life stages including larvae, nymph, and finally adult, or, more entomologically, imago. This tick is generally located in the northwest United States and southwest Canada along the Rocky Mountains. This tick is generally a vector for Colorado tick fever, but can also be a vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. During the larval and nymphal stages, the tick does not feed on humans, but during the adult stage, it will. Prevention of infections associated with these ticks is based on control of exposure to the vector, including wearing proper clothing when in woods/wet areas, and checking oneself thoroughly after returning home. Adult female ticks can feed for 5 to 15 days, thus removing a tick if present is very important.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_023375885.3].

The total length of the assembly is 2425198141 bp contained within 791 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 205869714, the scaffold L50 value is 5. The GC% content of the assembly is 46.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_023375885.3.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release GCF_023375885.2-RS_2025_03. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.