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!

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.

A new Site Map outlines the various
searches and displays. Brief descriptions describe usage and the types
of information available from each page or search. A link to the Site
Map is available from the far right side of the main navigation bar.

A new anatomy ontology browser is
now available for browsing and querying the anatomy ontology. For
example, view the ontology for the M1 motor neuron.

A more powerful aceserver has been set up and is open for remote
access, via both command line and scripts. The port for the ACeDB
database is 2005 (host is aceserver.cshl.org). The method for GFF
databases remote access will be announced shortly.