What's New in Release 60

• Updated gene sets

  • Culex quinquefasciatus (Southern house mosquito, GCA_015732765.1)

• New assembly for existing species

  • Anopheles coluzzii (Mosquitos, GCA_943734685.1)
  • Anopheles funestus (African malaria mosquito, GCA_943734845.1)
  • Lutzomyia longipalpis (Sand fly, GCA_024334085.1)

• Assembly and gene set data updated

  • Phlebotomus papatasi (Sand fly, GCA_024763615.2)

• New species

  • Anastrepha ludens (Mexican fruit fly, GCA_028408465.1)
  • Anastrepha obliqua (WestIndian fruit fly, GCA_027943255.1)
  • Bombus affinis (Rusty patched bumble bee, GCA_024516045.2)
  • Culex pipiens pallens (Northern house mosquito, GCA_016801865.2)
  • Cylas formicarius (Sweet potato weevil, GCA_029955315.1)
  • Diorhabda carinulata (Northern tamarisk beetle, GCA_026250575.1)
  • Diorhabda sublineata (Subtropical tamarisk beetle, GCA_026230105.1)
  • Hylaeus anthracinus (Anthricinan yellow-faced bee, GCA_026225885.1)
  • Hylaeus volcanicus (Volcano Masked Bee, GCA_026283585.1)
  • Malaya genurostris (Mosquitos, GCA_030247185.2)
  • Microplitis demolitor (Parasitoid wasp, GCA_026212275.2)
  • Microplitis mediator (Endoparasitoid wasp, GCA_029852145.1)
  • Mytilus californianus (California mussel, GCA_021869535.1)
  • Phlebotomus argentipes (Sand fly, GCA_947086385.1)
  • Plodia interpunctella (Indianmeal moth, GCA_027563975.1)
  • Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall armyworm, GCA_023101765.3)
  • Topomyia yanbarensis (Mosquitos, GCA_030247195.1)
  • Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis (Elephant mosquito, GCA_029784135.1)
  • Uranotaenia lowii (Sandfly, GCA_029784155.1)
  • Wyeomyia smithii (Pitcher plant Mosquito, GCA_029784165.1)
  • Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Melon fly, GCA_028554725.2)

• Other Updates

  • Drosophila rhopaloa (Fruit fly) - Patched incorrectly assigned GCA_000236305.2 to correct INSDC accession GCA_018152115.1
  • Athalia rosae - The older GCA_000344095.2 assembly replaced with newer GCA_917208135.1. Compara reference updated.
  • Drosophila yakuba - The older GCA_000005975.1 assembly replaced with newer GCA_016746365.2.
  • Melitaea cinxia - The older GCA_000716385.1 assembly replaced with newer GCA_905220565.1. Compara reference updated.

• Planned updates:

  • Release 61:
    • Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) - New annotation (Flybase Release 6.54) of assembly GCA_000001215.4.
    • Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed bumble-bee) - Compara reference genome (Metazoa & Protostome protein trees) updated to newer GCA_910591885.2 assembly. The older GCA_000214255.1 will be removed.
    • Crassostrea gigas - New RefSeq annotation to be added for GCA_902806645.1. Homotypic synonym C. gigas species name to be updated to 'Magallana gigas'.

• Updated BioMarts for all gene and variation data

• Updated pan-taxonomic gene trees and homologies

Archive sites

Archive of release 59 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg59-metazoa.ensembl.org (May 2024)

Archive of release 56 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg56-metazoa.ensembl.org (Feb 2023)

Archive of release 52 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg52-metazoa.ensembl.org (Dec 2021)

Archive of release 49 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg49-metazoa.ensembl.org (Dec 2020)

Archive of release 45 of EnsemblMetazoa: eg45-metazoa.ensembl.org (Sep 2019)

Funding

Ensembl Metazoa receives funding from Infravec2, to serve as a data delivery mechanism for that project. Infravec2 is an international and interdisciplinary research project on insect vectors of human and animal disease, including mosquitoes, sandflies and other flies. This project has received funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731060.

The biting midge genome resequencing and annotation is funding by a grant from the Bioinformatics and Biological Resources Fund of the United Kingdom Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (grant number BB/M028372/1) to The Pirbright Institute and the European Bioinformatics Institute.

The Branchiostoma lanceolatum (amphioxus) genome is provided by Corbel, an initiative of thirteen biological and medical research infrastructures creating a platform for harmonised access to biological and medical samples, technologies and data services. This project receives funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654248.

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