Cochliomyia hominivorax Umbrella project

dataset

posted on 2025-06-25, 02:03 authored by USDA-Agricultural Research Service, USA, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory

The goal of this project is to improve the current reference genome assembly of New World screwworm fly (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax. NWS is an obligate parasite causing significant economic losses to livestock producers, but will also infest domesticated and wild animals, and occasionally humans. Prior to the eradication program, NWS could be found from the southern United States to Uruguay, and several Caribbean islands. A recent outbreak has resulted in the reinfestation of Central America and southern Mexico. An improved genome assembly, particularly the sex chromosome assemblies, could provide novel targets for genetic control strategies.

History

Data contact name

BioProject Curation Staff

Data contact email

bioprojecthelp@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Publisher

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Temporal Extent Start Date

2025-06-20

Theme

Non-geospatial

ISO Topic Category

biota

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

Biological Sciences; biotechnology; genetics

Pending citation

Public Access Level

Public

Accession Number

PRJNA1280143

Preferred dataset citation

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