[ensembl-announce] Ensembl release 71 is out!

[Thomas Maurel]

We are pleased to announce that the latest Ensembl update (e!71) has been released : http://www.ensembl.org/

Highlights of this release include:

Human: 
New “clinically associated” summary track on Region in Detail for human variation, import of COSMIC version 63 and update of COSMIC structural variants.

Other species: 
SIFT scores for all possible changes to the proteome in human, mouse, zebrafish, pig, cow, chicken, rat and dog.
Updated gene sets for human and zebrafish with manual annotation from HAVANA. 
Updated gene set for anole lizard, including RNAseq data. 
New assemblies for chicken (Galgal4) and C. elegans (WBcel235).

Other news: 
New expression view to the set of gene-based displays, listing the available RNASeq data for a given species.
A new transcript comparison view allows comparison of transcript sequences for a gene.
A scrollable overview panel (supported by most updated browsers) is now available on the Region in detail view.


A complete list of the changes in release 71 can be found at http://www.ensembl.org/info/website/news.html

For the latest news from the Ensembl project visit our blog at http://www.ensembl.info

The release blog post can be viewed here: http://www.ensembl.info/blog/2013/04/11/ensembl-71-has-been-released/

Best Regards,
Thomas Maurel

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Thomas Maurel
Bioinformatician - Ensembl Production Team
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton
Cambridge - CB10 1SD - UK

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