WormBase is pleased to introduce a new chromosome-based assembly of C. briggsae (version CB3) on the Genome Browser. This assembly was generated by combining genetic map data with updated information on the physical map. The original assembly of C. briggsae referenced in Stein et al., 2003 (cb25.agp8) is now archived, available by selecting C. briggsae cb25.agp8 release from the Genome Browser’s “Data Source” menu. Assembly provided by LaDeana Hillier; Genome Browser view by Sheldon McKay.
New release of WormBase: WS170
WormBase has been updated to the WS170 release of the database. WS170 is the 8th “frozen” release of WormBase. In about 3 weeks time, WS170 will be available in perpetuity at ws170.wormbase.org. We encourage all users conducting large-scale data mining and analyses to use this most current frozen release in their studies.
GSA Model Organism Meeting: Jan 2008
The Genetics Society of America will host the “Genetic Analysis: Model Organisms to Human Biology” meeting, to be held January 5-8, 2008 at the Town And Country Hotel in San Diego, CA. Additional details about the meeting are available on the GSA’s website.
January additions to WormBook
This month, WormBook launched its Post-embryonic development section with “Gene expression changes associated with aging in C. elegans”. This is the first of many chapters related to the topics of aging and development that will be appearing in this section. Additionally, “The C. elegans pharynx: a model for organogenesis” has been added to the Developmental control section and “Acetylcholine” has just been published in the Neurobiology and behavior section.
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Preliminary assembly of Caenorhabditis sp. 4 now available
A preliminary, WGS, draft assembly of Caenorhabditis sp. 4 (PB2801) is available for download on the Washington University’s Genome Sequence Center ftp site and for searching on their BLAST server. The coverage is ~9x in plasmids and fosmid ends. Primer-directed, sequence improvement of the draft assembly is in progress.