Ensembl release 69 is out!

Subject: [ensembl-announce] Ensembl release 69 is out!

The latest Ensembl update (e!69) has been released : http://www.ensembl.org/

Here are some highlights:

Human : Human dbSNP has been updated to release 137 and Human somatic variants from COSMIC have been updated to release 60. We now provide the 1000 genomes phase 1 data for the structural variation set, as well as DNA methylation data and ENCODE data.

New species : Ferret (Mustela putorius furo) and Platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).

Other news: We are happy to introduce the first inclusion of HAVANA manual curation for Ensembl genes in Pig, the release of the new scrollable region views and a new species home page redesign.

A complete list of the changes in release 69 can be found at http://www.ensembl.org/info/website/news.html

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

The release blog post can be viewed here : http://www.ensembl.info/blog/2012/10/19/ensembl-69-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