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Dermacentor andersoni
Summary
| Resource Type | Organism |
|---|---|
| Genus | Dermacentor |
| Species | andersoni |
| Common Name | Rocky Mountain wood tick |
| Description | 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. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermacentor_andersoni This genome project is part of the Ag100Pest project (http://i5k.github.io/ag100pest). This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use. |
| Publication | Childers AK, Geib SM, Sim SB, Poelchau MF, Coates BS, Simmonds TJ, Scully ED, Smith TPL, Childers CP, Corpuz RL, Hackett K, Scheffler B. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research.. Insects. 2021 Jul 09; 12(7). |
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| Image Credit | Rocky Mountain wood tick by USDA Forest Service - Coeur d’Alene Field Office , Bugwood.org licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License |