Tick Raw sequence reads
Tick cell lines are increasingly widely-used tools for the study of tick biology and interactions with tick-borne pathogens. While cell lines cannot fully recapitulate the natural history of ticks, they fill a valuable niche for laboratories that lack access to tick colonies, and reduce dependence on laboratory animals for tick lifecycle maintenance. Equally as for cell lines derived from any other organism, validating their species identity and origin is of critical importance in maintaining the reliability and reproducibility of research using these tools. Here, we report the complete mitogenomes from nine cell lines (derived from seven ixodid species: Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus microplus, Amblyomma variegatum, Hyalomma anatolicum, Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis) maintained in the Tick Cell Biobank.