We’re pleased to announce the latest release from Ensembl Genomes. There’s new and updated genome assemblies available for lots of plant and non-vertebrate metazoan species now available. Find out more:
Metazoa
- Genome assembly and annotation for the buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terristris) now available
- Updated genome assembly and gene annotation for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexus), Drosophila simulans, Brugia malayi and Rhodnius prolixus.
- Updated genomes and annotation from FlyBase, VectorBase and WormBase:
- Flybase
- Drosophila ananassae: dana_r1.05
- Drosophila erecta: dere_r1.05
- Drosophila grimshawi: dgri_r1.05
- Drosophila melanogaster: dmel_r6.17
- Drosophila mojavensis: dmoj_r1.04
- Drosophila persimilis: dper_r1.3
- Drosophila pseudoobscura: dpse_r3.04
- Drosophila sechellia: dsec_r1.3
- Drosophila virilis: dvir_r1.06
- Drosophila willistoni: dwil_r1.05
- Drosophila yakuba: dyak_r1.05
- Vectorbase
- Aedes aegypti: AaegL3.4
- Anopheles darlingi: AdarC3.5
- Anopheles gambiae: AgamP4.7
- Culex quinquefasciatus: CpipJ2.3
- Ixodes scapularis: IscaW1.5
- Pediculus humanus: PhumU2.2
- Sarcoptes scabiei: SscaA1.2
- Wormbase (WS260)
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis remanei
- Caenorhabditis brenneri
- Caenorhabditis japonica
- Caenorhabditis briggsae (chrUn broken up into its constituent scaffolds)
- Onchocerca volvulus (modified mitochondrial sequence)
- Strongyloides ratti
- Flybase
- Updated pairwise and multiple whole genome alignments
Plants
- Eight new genome assemblies and annotation now available for:
- Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
- Cotton (Gossypium raimondii)
- Coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata)
- Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
- Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius)
- Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
- White Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata)
- Updated genome assemblies for Sorghum bicolor, peach (Prunus persica), and soybean (Glycine max)
- Updated gene models for Oryza sativa Japonica Group (rice)
- New transposable elements for maize (Zea mays) provided by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Fungi, Protists and Bacteria
- New references to the Rhea database linked to EC (Enzyme Commission).
For more details, see our release page.