Lucilia cuprina strain:PBPJOUT-2016 Genome sequencing and assembly. Lucilia cuprina strain:PBPJOUT-2016

Lucilia cuprina is a parasitic blowfly of major global importance to the livestock industry. Maggots of this fly parasitize the skin of animal hosts, feed on excretions and tissues, and cause severe disease (flystrike or myiasis). The sequencing, annotation and analyses of the draft genome of L. cuprina (2015) was an exciting possible answer to blowfly control and provided a critical foundation for which to build upon. Recent improvements to the genome, incorporating Dovetail Genomics Chicago sequencing + HiRise data, PacBio sequencing, and transcriptomic data from multiple life cycle stages and conditions, has resulted in a drastically refined ‘draft 2’ genome.