Ornithodoros turicata (Softbacked ticks, Travis) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Ornithodoros turicata

Ornithodoros turicata, commonly referred to as the relapsing fever tick, is a soft tick found in the midwestern and southwestern United States. It is a known vector of Borrelia turicatae, a spirochete responsible for tick-borne relapsing fever in humans. Additionally, vector competence for the transmission of Leptospira pomona, the agent of canine jaundice, has been demonstrated in a laboratory setting.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_037126465.1].

The total length of the assembly is 1071349989 bp contained within 378 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 84440111, the scaffold L50 value is 4. The GC% content of the assembly is 46.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_037126465.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release GCF_037126465.1-RS_2024_04. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by metazoa.