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WormBase ParaSite release 2: more genomes and new data-mining tool
We are pleased to announce the second release of WormBase ParaSite, the home for parasitic worm draft genomes and genomic data in WormBase.
This release includes eight new annotated genomes, taking the total number of nematode and flatworm genomes in WormBase ParaSite to 97, representing 89 species. The new genomes include:
*Â Fasciola hepatica (PRJEB6687)
*Â Opisthorchis viverrini (PRJNA222628)
*Â Pristionchus exspectatus (PRJEB6009)
* Five Steinernema genomes, including Steinernema carpocapsae (PRJNA202318)
This release also includes a new data-mining tool, the WormBase ParaSite BioMart. The interface and underlying software for this are based on the Ensembl BioMart, the main difference being that WormBase ParaSite BioMart collects data for all species into a single underlying database. This means that a single query can be used to filter and report data from multiple species at once, for example all species of a given taxonomic clade.
'Mind of a Worm' paper one of the most significant papers!
The ‘Mind of a Worm’ paper was chosen as one of 18 most significant biological papers published by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society over its 350 year history. See the commentary written by Dr. Scott Emmons, additionally all the life sciences papers as well as the physical sciences articles in this issue can be accessed!
Ion transport chapter added to WormBook
Membrane ion transport in non-excitable tissues, by Keith Nehrke, has just been published in the Cell biology section. This chapter discusses calcium signaling during defecation, fertilization, locomotion, and wound closure, as well as the role of pH, proton signaling, and osmotic balance in C. elegans behavior and physiology.
Please proceed to read this chapter and others on nematode biology at http://www.wormbook.org/. If you have any comments or suggestions, please submit them via the Feedback page on wormbook.org.
Thank you for your interest in WormBook, and happy holidays!
Jane
WormBook: Polarity establishment chapter updated
Polarity establishment, asymmetric division and segregation of fate determinants in early C. elegans embryos, by Lesilee Rose and Pierre Goenczy, has been published in the Developmental control and Cell biology sections of WormBook. This chapter updates their 2005 chapter, Asymmetric cell division and axis formation in the embryo. The updated chapter presents important progress in elucidating the mechanisms that transform an isotropic system into a polarized one in the first cell cycle, and further discusses how cell signaling in subsequent divisions builds upon the initial polarity to further refine cell fates.
Please proceed to read this chapter and others on nematode biology at http://www.wormbook.org/. If you have any comments or suggestions, please submit them via the Feedback page on wormbook.org.
Jane