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The Ensembl Genomes Project is pleased to announce release 8 of Ensembl
Genomes (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/">http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/</a>).<br>
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The main highlights of this release are:<br>
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* Software migration to Ensembl 61<br>
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* New Pan Compara database consisting a selection of vertebrate genomes
from Ensembl 61 and <br>
genomes from Ensembl Genomes 8 (incorporating 8 new species), giving
a species total of <a href="http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/info/species">313</a>.<br>
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* 3 oomycete genomes added to <a
href="http://protists.ensembl.org/index.html">Ensembl Protists</a>,
including <em>Phytopthora infestans </em>and <em>Phytopthora ramorum<br>
</em>responsible for potato blight and Sudden Oak Death disease
respectively.<br>
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* 5 genomes added to <a href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/index.html">Ensembl
Metazoa</a>, including <em>Strongylocentrotus
purpuratus</em> (Echinodermata) (sea urchin),<br>
<em>Apis mellifera</em> (Arthropoda) (honey bee) and <em>Nematostella
vectensis</em> (Cnidaria) (sea anemone).<br>
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For further details please visit the individual home pages:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bacteria.ensembl.org">http://bacteria.ensembl.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://protists.ensembl.org">http://protists.ensembl.org</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fungi.ensembl.org">http://fungi.ensembl.org</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://plants.ensembl.org">http://plants.ensembl.org</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org">http://metazoa.ensembl.org</a><br>
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