Tag: Eukaryotic genome annotation

Human genome annotation will be updated every 2 months

NCBI will be updating the human genome RefSeq annotation more frequently to incorporate improvements made to genes and transcripts by RefSeq curation experts. Faster updates will allow us to include the latest datasets.

In the past, we’ve produced a full re-annotation of the human genome about once a year. The last full annotation, Homo sapiens Annotation Release 109, was in March 2018. A full annotation is produced by two main processes:

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New RefSeq annotations for big brown bat, peregrine falcon and more

Hibernating brown bat

In January and February, the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline released new annotations in RefSeq for the following organisms:

  • Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid)
  • Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni (minke whale)
  • Bombyx mandarina (wild silkworm)
  • Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle)
  • Corapipo altera (white-ruffed manakin)
  • Empidonax traillii (willow flycatcher)
  • Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)
  • Eumetopias jubatus (Steller sea lion)
  • Falco cherrug (Saker falcon)
  • Falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon)
  • Marmota flaviventris (yellow-bellied marmot)
  • Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant)
  • Neopelma chrysocephalum (saffron-crested tyrant-manakin)
  • Ovis aries (sheep)
  • Pipra filicauda (wire-tailed manakin)
  • Rhopalosiphum maidis (corn leaf aphid)
  • Solanum pennellii (eudicot)
  • Tupaia chinensis (Chinese tree shrew)
  • Vigna unguiculata (cowpea)
  • Vombatus ursinus (common wombat)
  • Xiphophorus couchianus (Monterrey platyfish)

See more details on the Eukaryotic RefSeq Genome Annotation Status page.

Join NCBI at PAG in San Diego, January 12–16, 2019

Next week, NCBI staff will attend the Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) Conference. We have several activities planned, including 1 booth (#223), 4 workshops, 1 talk and 2 posters.

Read on to learn more about what you can look forward to if you’re attending PAG this year. (Note: The listed times are Pacific time.)

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500 organisms annotated with the Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline

This month, the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline annotated its 500th organism! The lucky winner is Pocillopora damicornis, a stony reef-building coral frequently used as an experimental model, whose larval dispersal and development are affected by environmental changes in the oceans.

Stony coral (Pocillopora damicornis)

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May – July annotations in RefSeq: ants, Chinese alligator & more

May – July annotations in RefSeq: ants, Chinese alligator & more

In recent months, the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline released new annotations in RefSeq for the following organisms:

  • Alligator sinensis (Chinese alligator)
  • Athalia rosae (coleseed sawfly)
  • Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo)
  • Camponotus floridanus (Florida carpenter ant)
  • Canis lupus dingo (dingo)
  • Harpegnathos saltator (Jerdon’s jumping ant)
  • Melanaphis sacchari (aphid)
  • Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
  • Pogonomyrmex barbatus (red harvester ant)
  • Pomacea canaliculata (gastropod)
  • Sipha flava (yellow sugarcane aphid)
  • Theropithecus gelada (gelada)

See more details on the Eukaryotic RefSeq Genome Annotation Status page.

April and May annotations in RefSeq: cow, bonobo and more

April and May annotations in RefSeq: cow, bonobo and more

In April and May, the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline released new annotations in RefSeq for the following organisms:

  • Bos taurus (cattle)
  • Cephus cinctus (wheat stem sawfly)
  • Citrus sinensis (sweet orange)
  • Cynara cardunculus cardunculus (eudicot)
  • Cynoglossus semilaevis (tongue sole)
  • Gallus gallus (chicken)
  • Kryptolebias marmoratus (mangrove rivulus)
  • Macaca nemestrina (pig-tailed macaque)
  • Maylandia zebra (zebra mbuna)
  • Medicago truncatula (barrel medic)
  • Pan paniscus (pygmy chimpanzee)
  • Pteropus alecto (black flying fox)
  • Python bivittatus (Burmese python)
  • Ricinus communis (castor bean)
  • Temnothorax curvispinosus (ant)
  • Tetranychus urticae (two-spotted spider mite)
  • Ziziphus jujuba (common jujube)

See more details on the Eukaryotic RefSeq Genome Annotation Status page.