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                     assembly releases, new software features, updates and 
                     training seminars by email, subscribe to the
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                     TARGET=_blank>genome-announce</A> mailing list.</P>
 
             
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-            <!-- ENCODE usability survey -->
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-                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>1 May 2011 - ENCODE User's Guide and Usability Survey</B></FONT>
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>26 May 2011 - New
+Release of UCSC Genes for Mouse</B></FONT>
 		    </P>
                     <P>
+		    We've released an updated set of UCSC Genes for the mm9 
+		    (NCBI Build 37) mouse Genome Browser. This version of the 
+		    gene set was generated using the same computational 
+		    pipeline as the previous mm9 UCSC Genes, but is based on 
+		    more recent GenBank data.
+		    <P>
+		    The new release has 55,419 total transcripts, compared with 
+		    49,409 in the previous version. The total number of canonical
+		    genes has increased from 27,389 to 28,661.
+		    <P>
+		    Comparing the new gene set with the previous version:
+		    <UL>
+		    <LI>33,977 transcripts did not change between versions
+		    <LI>69 transcripts were not carried forward to the new version
+		    <LI>13,701 transcripts are &quot;compatible&quot; with those in the 
+		    previous set
+		    <LI>1,662 transcripts overlap with those in the previous set 
+		    </UL>
+		    </P>
+		    <HR>
+
+            <!-- ENCODE usability survey -->
+		    <P>
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>1 May 2011 - ENCODE
+User's Guide and Usability Survey: </B></FONT>
                   The ENCODE project has just published an overview of their ongoing large-scale
                   efforts to interpret the human genome sequence in the journal PLoS Biology.
                   <a target=_blank href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001046 ">
                   A Users Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements</a>,
                   highlights the scope of data production, and provides guidance for locating 
-                  and using the data.  With the vast amount of data now available, the ENCODE Data Coordination Center
-                  at UCSC continues to focus on improving the accessiblity and usability of this valuable resource.
-                  We invite all current and prospective users of ENCODE data to participate in the 
-                    <a target=_blank href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5YYTRWQ">2011 ENCODE Usability Survey</a>. 
-                    Your input will help us to make this data more accessible to the scientific community. Thank you!
+                  and using the data.  
+		  <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#050111">Read more</A>.
 		    </P>
-                    <HR>  
 
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-                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 April 2011 - dbSNP 132 Available for hg19</B></FONT>
-		    </P>
-                    <P>
+                    <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 April 2011 -
+dbSNP 132 Available for hg19: </B></FONT>
                     We are pleased to announce the release of four tracks derived from
                     <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/" target=_blank>dbSNP</a>
                     build 132, available on the human assembly (GRCh37/hg19).
-                    dbSNP build 132 is available at NCBI. The new tracks contain
-                    additional annotation data not included in previous dbSNP tracks, 
-                    with corresponding coloring and filtering options in the Genome
-                    Browser.
-                    </P>
-                    <P>
-                    As for prior builds of dbSNP, there is a track that contains all
-                    mappings of reference SNPs to the human assembly; it is now labeled
-                    &quot;All SNPs (132)&quot;.  Three new tracks have been added to show
-                    interesting and easily defined subsets of dbSNP:
-                    </P>
-                    <ul>
-                    <li> Common SNPs (132): uniquely mapped variants that appear in at
-                    least 1% of the population</li>
-
-                    <li>Flagged SNPs (132): uniquely mapped variants, excluding Common
-                    SNPs, that have been flagged by dbSNP as &quot;clinically associated&quot;</li>
-
-                    <li>Mult. SNPs (132): variants that have been mapped to more than one
-                    genomic location</li>
-                    </ul>
-                    <P>
-                    By default, only the Common SNPs (132) are visible; other tracks must
-                    be made visible using the track controls.
-                    </P>
-                    <P>
-                    The counts of distinct reference SNPs and their mappings to hg19
-                    differ greatly among the tracks:
-                    </P>
-                   <BLOCKQUOTE>
-                    <table border="1" cellpadding="3">
-                      <tr>
-                        <th>Track</th>
-                        <th>Reference SNPs</th>
-                        <th>Mappings to hg19</th>
-                      </tr>
-                      <tr>
-                        <td>Common SNPs (132)</td>
-                        <td>13,842,381</td>
-                        <td>14,024,295 *</td>
-                      </tr>
-                      <tr>
-                        <td>Flagged SNPs (132)</td>
-                        <td>17,899</td>
-                        <td>18,084 *</td>
-                      </tr>
-                      <tr>
-                        <td>Mult. SNPs (132)</td>
-                        <td>1,114,599</td>
-                        <td>3,568,988</td>
-                      </tr>
-                      <tr>
-                        <td>All SNPs (132)</td>
-                        <td>30,030,754</td>
-                        <td>33,026,121</td>
-                      </tr>
-                    </table>
-                   </BLOCKQUOTE>
-                    <P>
-
-                    * The Common and Flagged tracks have more mappings than SNPs due to the
-                    alternate haplotype sequences and the pseudoautosomal regions on X and Y.
-                    SNPs are considered uniquely mapped if they map only once to a haploid
-                    reference genome.  These regions add non-haploid sequence to the reference
-                    genome; therefore, multiple mappings involving these regions are still 
-                    considered unique.
-		    </P>
-                    <P>
-                    You will find the four SNPs (132) tracks on the Human Feb. 2009
-                    (GRCh37/hg19) browser in the &quot;Variation and Repeats&quot; group.
+                    dbSNP build 132 is available at NCBI. 
+		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#041811.2">Read more</A>.
 		    </P>
-                    <P>
-                    Many thanks to dbSNP at NCBI for the data, and to 
-                    <a href="http://www.gs.washington.edu/faculty/king.htm"
-                       target=_blank>Mary-Claire King</a>                    
-                    at the University of Washington for helpful comments that motivated
-                    us to enhance our dbSNP annotations. The tracks were produced at UCSC
-                    by Angie Hinrichs, Brooke Rhead, Bob Kuhn, and Jim Kent.
-		    </P>
-
-		    <hr>
-		    <p><FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 April 2011 - Sheep Browser Released:</B></FONT>
-		    We are happy to announce a Genome Browser for
-		    the initial release of the sheep (<em>Ovis aries</em>) genome. 
-		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#041811.1">Read more</A>
-		    </p>
-                   
-            <p><FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>04 March 2011 - The Meaning of Red: Consensus on color scheme for CNVs: </B></FONT>
-                    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.
-		    <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#030411">Read more</A>
-		    </p>
 		    
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