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SUBMITTER: Burgess STG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5908946 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Burgess Stewart T G STG Bartley Kathryn K Marr Edward J EJ Wright Harry W HW Weaver Robert J RJ Prickett Jessica C JC Hughes Margaret M Haldenby Sam S Thi Le Phuong P Rombauts Stephane S Van Leeuwen Thomas T Van de Peer Yves Y Nisbet Alasdair J AJ
Genome announcements 20180419 16
Sheep scab, caused by infestation with <i>Psoroptes ovis</i>, is highly contagious, results in intense pruritus, and represents a major welfare and economic concern. Here, we report the first draft genome assembly and gene prediction of <i>P. ovis</i> based on PacBio <i>de novo</i> sequencing. The ∼63.2-Mb genome encodes 12,041 protein-coding genes. ...[more]