Genome sequencing of the black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis. Ixodes scapularis strain:Wikel colony

The Ixodes scapularis genome was sequenced by The J. Craig Venter Institute and The Broad Institute, with funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/National Institutes of Health. Genomic DNA from an in-bred tick colony established in 1996 was sequenced using a combined whole genome shotgun (WGS) and clone-based approach. The estimated 2.1 Gbp genome was sequenced to approximately 6-fold coverage, with the assembled portion of the genome sequenced to 3.8-fold coverage. This WGS project has the project accession ABJB000000000. The current version of the project (01) has the accession number ABJB010000000, and consists of 1,141,594 scaffolds (ABJB010000001-ABJB011141594).