2c1b376ec103bc807135b80196cd8041f8a695e7 greg Fri Apr 15 16:58:13 2011 -0700 Fixed some more grammar and formatting errors. diff --git src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html index 408652e..628d5d8 100644 --- src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html @@ -20,57 +20,52 @@ <P> To receive announcements of new genome assembly releases, new software features, updates and training seminars by email, subscribe to the <A HREF="https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome-announce" TARGET=_blank>genome-announce</A> mailing list.</P> <!-- start news --> <!-- SHEEP BROWSER RELEASE --> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'courier', serif"> 18 March 2011 - Sheep Browser Released </p> - <p>We are happy to announce the release of a Genome Browser for - the initial release of sheep (<em>Ovis aries</em>) genome. <p>The Feb. 2010 <em>Ovis + <p>We are happy to announce a Genome Browser for + the initial release of sheep (<em>Ovis aries</em>) genome. The Feb. 2010 <em>Ovis aries</em> draft assembly(NCBI project <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=genomeprj&cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10709" target=_blank>10709</a>, <a href="ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/genomes/Eukaryotes/vertebrates_mammals/Ovis_aries/ Ovis_aries_1.0/" target=_blank>GCA_000005525.1</a>) was produced by the <a href="http://www.sheephapmap.org/" target=_blank>International Sheep Genomics Consortium (ISGC) sequencing center</a>. The mitochondrial genome was sequenced by <a href="http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/" - target=_blank>Justus-Liebig-University.</a></p> + target=_blank>Justus-Liebig-University</a>.</p> - <p>There are 27 chromosomes, chr1 - chr26, chrX plus the mitochondrial sequence chrM from - genbank accession NC_001941 for a total sequence length of 2,860,512,983 bases. There are + <p>There are 27 chromosomes: chr1 - chr26, chrX, plus the mitochondrial sequence chrM from + genbank accession NC_001941, for a total sequence length of 2,860,512,983 bases. There are 1,659,241,706 'N' bases in gaps, leaving 1,201,271,277 ACGT bases.</p> <p>The genome has been sequenced using 454 FLX sequencing to 3X coverage (DNA derived from six female sheep each sequenced with 0.5X coverage). Contigs were assembled based on alignment to the bovine genome and ordered into ovine chromosomes using BAC-end sequences and the virtual sheep - genome. See also: <a - href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=genomeprj&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids= - 33937" target=_blank>International Sheep Genomics Consortium Genome Sequencing Project </a> - description.</p> + genome.</p> - <p>We'd like to thank <a - href="http://www.sheephapmap.org/" target=_blank>International Sheep Genomics Consortium (ISGC) - sequencing center.</a> and <a href="http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/" - target=_blank>Justus-Liebig-University.</a> for providing this assembly. + <p>We'd like to thank the International Sheep Genomics Consortium (ISGC) + sequencing center and Justus-Liebig-University for providing this assembly. We'd also like to acknowledge the UCSC team who worked on this release: Chin Li, Greg Roe, and Luvina Guruvadoo. The sheep browser annotation tracks were generated by UCSC and collaborators worldwide.</p> <hr> <P> <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>04 March 2011 - The Meaning of Red: Consensus on color scheme for CNVs</B></FONT> </P> <P> Consensus was reached on color standards to represent CNV loss (red) and gain (blue) in genomics databases by DGV, NCBI, DECIPHER, UCSC and ISCA during the 1st annual ISCA Scientific Conference. </P>