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U.S. Department of Agriculture

Varroa jacobsoni

Summary
Analysis
Assembly Stats
Other Information
Summary
Resource Type
Organism
Genus
Varroa
Species
jacobsoni
Description

The ectoparasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni, of the mite order Mesostigmata, is an obligate parasite of immature and adult bees. V. jacobsoni originated in Asia as a pest of the Asian honey bee (Apis cerana), but has spread almost worldwide. A recent host switch to the domesticated Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) may represent an additional threat to beekeeping. Genomic and transcriptomic data from V. jacobsoni and its sister species Varroa destructor, which also switched hosts, will allow for a comparative approach to understanding the mechanisms underlying host switches.

This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use.
Publication
Techer MA, Rane RV, Grau ML, Roberts JMK, Sullivan ST, Liachko I, Childers AK, Evans JD, Mikheyev AS. Divergent evolutionary trajectories following speciation in two ectoparasitic honey bee mites.. Communications biology. 2019; 2:357.
Organism Image
Image Credit
Maeva Techer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Analysis
NameProgramDate Constructed
Varroa jacobsoni genome assembly vjacob_1.0 (GCF_002532875.2)NewblerOct 10th, 2017
NCBI Varroa jacobsoni Annotation Release 100NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation PipelineOct 17th, 2017
Functional annotation of NCBI Varroa jacobsoni Annotation Release 100AgBase functional annotation pipelineMay 2nd, 2022
Assembly Stats
Contig N50
96,009
Scaffold N50
233,810
GC Content
38.98
Other Information
Community Contact
Maeva Techer, Texas A&M University
Links
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