Phylogenomic study of hard ticks using transcriptome sequencing

Hard ticks are vectors of numerous pathogens responsible for human and veterinary diseases. The Ixodes genus is distributed world‐wide and comprises several species that transmit the Lyme borreliosis agent (Borrelia sp.). This is the case of I. ricinus (in Europe) and I. scapularis (in the USA), two species for which complete genome projects have been undertaken. To better understand evolutionary patterns in this genus (for example how...