Green anole (Anolis carolinensis). Photo courtesy of Karla Moeller.
Ensembl Release 71 includes many updates for Anolis carolinensis, including the addition of the Arizona State University (ASU) Anole Genome Project annotation recently published in BMC Genomics (Eckalbar et al., 2013). This release includes an updated Ensembl gene set and aligned RNA-Seq data from a number of tissues, including embryo, lung, liver, heart, dewlap, skeletal muscle, adrenal gland, ovary, and brain, which have been added to the track viewer. These RNA-Seq data from individual tissues and from the ASU reannotation or the “Anole Genome Project” can be viewed just below the Ensembl gene tracks, as in this example.
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Thomas Sanger
Nice work Kenro. This will be a huge help to those of us trying to mine the genome to developmental and evolutionary insights.
Anthony Geneva
Great news for those of us venturing into anole genomics! We will all benefit from this substantial, and very welcome, improvement to the carolinensis genome. Have a look at Figure 2 from Eckalbar et al. to see just how much this work has improved annotation.