Lucilia cuprina (Australian sheep blowfly, Lc7/37) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Lucilia cuprina

The species Lucilia cuprina, formerly named Phaenicia cuprina, is more commonly known as the Australian sheep blowfly. It belongs to the blow-fly family Calliphoridae, and while some authorities combine the blow flies (Calliphoridae) and the flesh flies (Sarcophagidae) together into the Metopiidae family, distinguishable characteristics allow for the separation. Blow flies are about the size of a house fly or a little larger, and though considered to be nuisances indoors are essential agents in the breakdown of organic matter.

Lucilia cuprina causes the condition known as 'sheep strike'. The female fly locates a sheep with an open wound in which she lays her eggs. The emerging larvae cause large lesions on the sheep, which may prove to be fatal.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_022045245.1].

The total length of the assembly is 409159265 bp contained within 8457 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 71024062, the scaffold L50 value is 3. Assembly gaps span 1985312 bp. 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_022045245.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v101. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

References

1. Lucilia cuprina genome unlocks parasitic fly biology to underpin future interventions.
   Anstead CA, Korhonen PK, Young ND, Hall RS, Jex AR, Murali SC, Hughes DS, Lee SF, Perry T, Stroehlein AJ et al. 2015. Nature Communications. 6:7344.