<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<br class=""><br class="">We are delighted to announce that the latest update of Ensembl Genomes (EG38) has been released.<br class=""><br class="">Highlights of this release include:<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><ul class="" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">New genome assemblies and annotation now available for <a href="https://plants.ensembl.org/Manihot_esculenta/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Cassava</a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">(</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Manihot esculenta), </em><a href="https://plants.ensembl.org/Gossypium_raimondii/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Cotton</a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">(</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Gossypium raimondii), </em><a href="https://plants.ensembl.org/Nicotiana_attenuata/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Coyote tobacco</a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">(Nicotiana attenuata), </span><a href="https://plants.ensembl.org/Cucumis_sativus/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Cucumber</a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">(</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Cucumis sativus</em><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">), </span><a href="https://plants.ensembl.org/Phaseolus_vulgaris/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Green bean</a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">(</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Phaseolus vulgaris</em><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">), </span><a href="https://plants.ensembl.org/Lupinus_angustifolius/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Lupin</a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">(</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Lupinus angustifolius</em><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">), </span><a href="https://plants.ensembl.org/Helianthus_annuus/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Sunflower </a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">(</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Helianthus annuus</em><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">) and </span><a href="http://plants.ensembl.org/Dioscorea_rotundata/Info/Index" style="font-style: inherit; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">White Guinea yam</a><span style="font-style: inherit;" class=""> (</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Dioscorea rotundata</em><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">)</span></li><li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Updated genome assemblies for <a href="http://plants.ensembl.org/Sorghum_bicolor/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class=""><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Sorghum bicolor</em></a>, <a href="http://plants.ensembl.org/Prunus_persica/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">peach</a> (<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Prunus persica</em>), and <a href="http://plants.ensembl.org/Glycine_max/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">soybean</a> (<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Glycine max</em>)</li><li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Genome assembly and annotation for the <a href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/Bombus_terrestris/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">buff-tailed bumble bee</a> (<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Bombus terristris</em>) now available</li><li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Updated genome assembly and gene annotation for the <a href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/Danaus_plexippus/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">monarch butterfly</a>(<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Danaus </em><i class="">plexus</i>), <a href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/Drosophila_simulans/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class=""><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Drosophila simulans</em></a>, <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/Brugia_malayi/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">Brugia malayi</a> </em>and <a href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/Rhodnius_prolixus/Info/Index" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class=""><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Rhodnius prolixus</em></a>.</li><li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Updated genomes and annotation from </span><a href="http://flybase.org/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">FlyBase</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">, </span><a href="https://www.vectorbase.org/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">VectorBase</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and </span><a href="http://www.wormbase.org/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;" class="">WormBase</a></li><div class=""><br class=""></div></ul></div><div class="">Check out all the changes on our Ensembl Genomes website (<a href="http://www.ensemblgenomes.org" class="">www.ensemblgenomes.org</a>) and on on our blog (<a href="http://www.ensembl.info/blog/2018/01/11/ensembl-genomes-38-is-now-live/" class="">http://www.ensembl.info/blog/2018/01/11/ensembl-genomes-38-is-now-live/</a>)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any questions or comments? E-mail us: <a href="mailto:helpdesk@ensemblgenomes.org" class="">helpdesk@ensemblgenomes.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,<br class="">The Ensembl Genomes team<br class=""><a href="http://twitter.com/ensemblgenomes" class="">@ensemblgenomes</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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