Cochliomyia hominivorax

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Max Scott North Carolina State University


Transcriptome datasets for Cochliomyia hominivorax
Species Description No. sequences Last update
Cochliomyia hominivorax GenBank EST division (dbEST) 1864818,648 2455686.55 May 2011

i5K Comments for Cochliomyia hominivorax
Cochliomyia hominivorax (DIPTERA: Calliphoridae) is one of the most important insect pests in South and Central America. The larval stage of the fly infests tissues of warm-blooded vertebrates, causing significant losses in the livestock industry. It is also a public health problem in the Caribbean region, where screw-worm infestations in humans are frequently reported. C. hominivorax was successfully eradicated from North and most of Central America by the Sterile Insect Technique and it is a model for other SIT programs. In South America and in the Caribbean region this pest continues to affect the development of the livestock sector and we have detected insecticide resistance in several populations of this fly. We have just characterized transcripts from this species (Carvalho et al 2010, BMC Genomics 11:695) and we are comparing genome-wide expression profiles from insecticide resistant and susceptible populations. As a pilot for a genome project, we have produced a ver low coverage genome (~2x) and, based on the preliminary results, we are planing a new strategy to complete its genome. I believe it would be an important addition to the i5k initiative. Tatiana Torres

Links for Cochliomyia hominivorax
Cochliomyia hominivorax  Source: Wikipedia



Cochliomyia hominivorax
Cochliomyia hominivorax
Primary screw-worm


Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Genus: Cochliomyia
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 115425
EOL taxid: eol logo grey.png 757449
Resources
NCBI_genome: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 30971
Information
Nomination: i5K initiative
Date: 2011/03/18


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