Genomes of trombidid mites reveal novel predicted allergens and laterally-transferred genes associated with secondary metabolism

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Meeting the challenge of tick-borne disease control: A proposal for 1000 Ixodes genomes

“…The Ix1000G will provide a critical framework to support genome studies of other ticks, and mites, of medical importance, including members of the metastriate genera Amblyomma, Rhipicephalus and Dermacentor that include multiple vector species. Moreover, genomes for several mite species of medical importance are already available Mofiz et al, 2016;Rider et al, 2017), including a recent genomic analysis of the scrub typhus vector Leptotrombidium deliense (Dong et al, 2018). These members of the Acari, with smaller nuclear genomes compared to hard tick species, will support genomic analyses while the more challenging reference assemblies and population genomic studies of wild Ixodes populations are in development.…”