We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties related to a network outtage at our data center. This caused the Genome Browser to be taken offline. We’ve now restored service. We apologize for the difficulties.
New release of WormBase: WS223
WormBase has been updated to the WS223 release of the database. Please see the release notes on the WormBase Wiki for details.
New test build of WormMart, release WS220
A new test version of WormMart WS220 is now available. We caution users to verify results before further downstream analyses. Please send problems or bug reports to [email protected].
Announcing webinars for exploring modENCODE data
The modENCODE Data Coordination Center is starting a series of monthly webinars conducted via WebEx teleconference services starting Feb 3rd 2011. The webinars are designed to provide a better understanding of the data generated by the modENCODE project and facilitate further analyses. More information can be obtained on the modENCODE wiki (accessible via anonymous login).
Caenorhabditis sp. 3 PS1010 is now Caenorhabditis angaria.
A formal description of C. angaria has been published in the January 2010 issue of Nematology. Analysis of its phylogenetic position within the Caenorhabditis genus has defined a new species group (the Drosophilae group) of equal status, but separate from, the more familiar Elegans group containing C. elegans, C. briggsae, C. remanei, and other elegans look-alikes. Meanwhile, the genome of C. angaria (as determined by next-generation Illumina sequencing and RNA-seq scaffolding) has been published in the December 2010 issue of Genome Research, along with a detailed analysis of its ~23,000 protein-coding genes (available through the WormBase Genome Browser) and ~2,700 elements of conserved non-coding DNA. This is the first genome to be published for a member of the Drosophilae group, with DNA divergence between C. angaria and C. elegans similar to that between mammals and birds.