7afcaa5ee1842d46dccaaeaaa584063c05e01ffa donnak Wed Jan 19 09:55:03 2011 -0800 Removed coverage info from danRer7 announcement -- I think this was a carryover from the previous release, and I don't see info from Sanger backing up this number. diff --git src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html index 5805b2c..8e23c43 100644 --- src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html @@ -1,142 +1,142 @@
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19 January 2011 - Browser Released for Zebrafish Zv9 Assembly

The most recent zebrafish assembly -- Zv9 (UCSC version danRer7, Jul. 2010) -- is now available in the UCSC Genome Browser. This assembly was produced by The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK.

The Zv9 assembly comprises a sequence length of 1.4 Gb in - 26 chromosomes and 1,107 scaffolds with a coverage of - 6.5-7x. This assembly is based on a clone path sorted with + 26 chromosomes and 1,107 scaffolds. This assembly is based + on a clone path sorted with the high-density meiotic map SATMAP (Clark et al., in preparation). The data freeze was taken on 1 April 2010. The remaining gaps were filled with sequence from WGS31, a combined Illumina and capillary assembly. The assembly integration process involved sequence alignemnts as well as cDNA, marker and BAC/Fosmid end sequence placements. The zebrafish mitochondrial sequence is also available in the Genome Browser as the virtual chromosome chrM. For more details about the Zv9 assembly, see the Sanger Institute page for the Danio rerio Sequencing Project.

The danRer7 sequence and annotation data can be downloaded from the UCSC Genome Browser FTP server or downloads page. Please review the Sanger Institute guidelines for using these data.

We'd like to thank the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute for providing this assembly. The UCSC zebrafish Genome Browser was produced by Hiram Clawson, Greg Roe, Mary Goldman, Brian Raney and Donna Karolchik. See the credits page for a detailed list of the organizations and individuals who contributed to this release.

10 January 2011 - Introducing Genome Browser Right-click Navigation

Several of the common display and navigation operations offered on the Genome Browser tracks page may now be quickly accessed by right-clicking on a feature on the tracks image and selecting an option from the displayed menu. Depending on context, the right-click feature will let you change the track display mode, zoom in or out to the exact position coordinates of the feature, open the "Get DNA" window at the feature's coordinates, display details about the feature, open a popup window to configure the track's display, or display the entire tracks image in a separate window for inclusion in spreadsheets or other documents. (Note that the "PDF/PS" option in the Genome Browser top navigation bar can also be used to generate a high-quality annotation tracks image suitable for printing.)

Right-click screenshot

To use the right-click feature, make sure the "Enable advanced javascript features" option on the tracks configuration page is checked, and configure your internet browser to allow the display of popup windows from genome.ucsc.edu. When enabled, the right-click navigation feature replaces the default contextual menu typically displayed by your internet browser when you right-click on the tracks image. A few combinations of the Mozilla Firefox browser on Mac OS do not support the right-click menu functionality using secondary click; in these instances, you must use the explicit ctrl-click action to display the menu.

Credit goes to Larry Meyer and Brooke Rhead for doing the lion's share of the design, development and testing of this feature, with engineering support from Tim Dreszer and additional testing by several others on the QA team.

2 December 2010 - Searching for Tracks Just Got Easier!

The number of genome assemblies and annotation tracks in the UCSC Genome Browser has increased exponentially over the past few years. Along with this growth, it has become more difficult for browser users to sort through the many tracks to find the data they're interested in.

With our latest Genome Browser release, we've introduced a new track search feature that will help you to quickly and easily find and display specific annotation data sets. The search feature is available via the "track search" button on the browser gateway and tracks display pages. Read more.