Species

Ixodes scapularis str. Wikel

[ Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | . . .
. . . | Ixodidae | Ixodinae | Ixodes ]

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Taxonomy: Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Protostomia | Ecdysozoa | Panarthropoda | Arthropoda | Chelicerata | Arachnida | Acari | Parasitiformes | Ixodida | Ixodoidea | Ixodidae | Ixodinae | Ixodes Common: shoulder tick, blacklegged tick (German: Rehzecke) Comment: This Wikel tick colony was established in 1996 using field collected ticks from New York, Oklahoma and a Lyme Disease endemic area of Connecticut. This colony has been continuously in-bred since establishment and has not been supplemented with field collected material. The colony is known to be a competent vector of various Borrelia and Babesia isolates. Go to NCBI Taxonomy (6945) Encyclopedia of life Wikipedia Projects: e! Ensembl: Ixodes scapularis International TSA Sequencing Consortium: Ixodes scapularis str. Wikel TSA Sequencing Consortium National Center for Biotechnology Information: NCBI Insect Genomes Project Purdue University: The Ixodes scapularis Genome Project The Gene Index Project: DFCI Black tick Gene Index VectorBase: Ixodes scapularis@vectorbase.org Publications: Gulia-Nuss M, Nuss AB, Meyer JM et. al. (2016) Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease. Nat Commun 7, 10507. 10.1038/ncomms10507 Ayllon N, Villar M, Galindo RC et. al. (2015) Systems biology of tissue-specific response to Anaplasma phagocytophilum reveals differentiated apoptosis in the tick vector Ixodes scapularis. PLoS Genet 11, e1005120. 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005120 Egekwu N, Sonenshine DE, Bissinger BW et. al. (2014) Transcriptome of the Female Synganglion of the Black-Legged Tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) with Comparison between Illumina and 454 Systems. PLoS One 9, e102667. 10.1371/journal.pone.0102667 Genome files National Center for Biotechnology Information Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Contigs v 1.0.0 2008-02-21 3.8 45.4 1895.7 1141595 1 Supercontigs v 1.0.0 2008-02-21 3.8 45.2 1388.5 369492 - 76 TSA v 1.0.0 2014-03-30 - 55.9 18.8 28992 - e! Ensembl Type Version Date Compl Cov GC % Size (Mbp) Contigs CGR Illegal Chars N50 (kbp) Acc File Seq info Supercontigs v 1.0.0