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Ensembl is a genome browser for vertebrate genomes that supports research in comparative genomics, evolution, sequence variation and transcriptional regulation. Ensembl annotate genes, computes multiple alignments, predicts regulatory function and collects disease data. Ensembl tools include BLAST, BLAT, BioMart and the Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) for all supported species.
Ensembl Release 101 (August 2020)
- Update to human GENCODE 35
- New population frequency data from the Gambian Genome Variation Project
- New genomes: 8 mammals, 10 birds, 1 reptile, 1 amphibian, 4 fish
- New sheep reference genome
More release news on our blog
Other news from our blog
- 12 Oct 2020: Update: Disruption to Ensembl services – tools are now restored
- 06 Oct 2020: Update to the Ensembl COVID-19 resource
- 28 Sep 2020: Retirement of Ensembl Pre! site
Ensembl creates, integrates and distributes reference datasets and analysis tools that enable genomics. We are based at EMBL-EBI and our software and data are freely available.
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