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<span style="">The Ensembl Genomes Project is pleased to announce
release 12 of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/">Ensembl Genomes.</a><br>
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This release contains 5 new genomes, bringing the total genomes
supported to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/info/species">335</a>.
Main highlights are:</span><br>
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* Software migration to Ensembl 65<br>
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* Operon data from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://regulondb.ccg.unam.mx">RegulonDB</a> for <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bacteria.ensembl.org/e_coli_k12"><em>E. coli K12</em></a>
in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bacteria.ensembl.org/index.html">Ensembl Bacteria</a><br>
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<span style="">* </span>A new species (<em><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fungi.ensembl.org/Ashbya_gossypii/Info/Index">Ashbya
gossypii</a>) </em>and manually curated annotation from a new
resource for yeast! This is the first release of <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fungi.ensembl.org/index.html">Ensembl
Fungi</a> containing data from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pombase.org/">PomBase</a>, a new genome-centric
resource (developed by Ensembl Genomes, the University of Cambridge,
and University College London) for the fission yeast <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://fungi.ensembl.org/Schizosaccharomyces_pombe/Info/Index"><i>Schizosaccharomyces
pombe</i></a>. <br>
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*<span style=""> The addition of </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://plants.ensembl.org/cyanidioschyzon_merolae"><em>Cyanidioschyzon
merolae</em></a> to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://plants.ensembl.org/index.html">Ensembl Plants</a> and
significant updates to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://plants.ensembl.org/physcomitrella_patens"><em>Physcomitrella
patens</em></a> and the soybean <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://plants.ensembl.org/glycine_max"><em>Glycine max</em></a><br>
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* Three new genomes in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org">Ensembl Metazoa</a>: <a
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href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/atta_cephalotes"><i>Atta
cephalotes</i></a>, a leaf-cutting ant, <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/Tribolium_castaneum"><i>Tribolium
castaneum</i></a>, the red flour beetle, and <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://metazoa.ensembl.org/bombyx_mori"><i>Bombyx mori</i></a>,
a domesticated silkmoth<br>
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<i>Note, EG 12 will be available on ftp next week.</i><br>
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Happy holidays!<br>
<br>
The Ensembl Genomes Team<br>
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