To aid in positional cloning, the calculated genetic span of loci with
two-factor positions are now displayed on the Genome Browser under the
track “Genetic Limits”. See III:7,502,125
for an example. Please note that these positions should be treated
with some skepticism since they rely on interpolating the genetic map
onto the physical map. Please send us your comments on this
experimental feature!
New genome-wide RNAi data set based on an ORFeome library available
The results from the systematic RNAi screen reported in PMID:
15489339, Rual et al., “Toward improving Caenorhabditis elegans
phenome mapping with an ORFeome-based RNAi library” are now
available. There are 10951 experiments, 1066 of which showed a mutant
phenotype. See MV_SV
mv_AAB02615 for an example.
New Release Of WormBase, WS133
WormBase has been updated to the WS133 release of the database. This
release contains the first recalculation of reciprocal best blast
match ortholog pairs between C. elegans and C. briggsae
since the initial analysis. For an example, see the Gene Page entry
for lin-29.
Three Week Release Interval
For a trial period lasting until the end of 2004, WormBase will be
switching to a three week interval between data releases.
Genes Now Searchable By Descriptive Terms
In addition to searching for genes by name, users may now search using
descriptive terms such as inducible, functional
descriptions such as cancer,
or proper names from other model systems such as bicoid. This facility draws from
the recently added homology group data as well as manually curated
concise descriptions of gene function.