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                   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>
 
             
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-            <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>07 March 2012 - New Mouse 
-            	Browser Available</B></FONT>
-                <P>
-                We have released the latest Genome Browser for the December 2011
-                Mouse genome assembly produced by the 
-                <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/assembly/grc/mouse/" TARGET=_blank>
-                Mouse Genome Reference Consortium</a> (Genome Reference Consortium GRCm38, UCSC version mm10).       
-                This version, which includes approximately 2.6 Gb of sequence, 
-                is considered to be "essentially complete". The assembly includes 
-                chromosomes 1-19, X, Y, M (mitochondrial DNA) and chr*_random 
-                (unlocalized) and chrUn_* (unplaced clone contigs).
-                Note that the UCSC mm10 database contains only the 
-                reference strain C57BL/6J.
-                <P>                                     
-                Bulk downloads of the sequence and annotation data are available
-                via the Genome Browser <a href="ftp://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/mm10/" 
-                TARGET=_blank>FTP server</a> or the 
-                <a href="http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#mouse" TARGET=_blank>Downloads</a>
-                page. The Mouse browser annotation tracks were generated by UCSC
-                and collaborators worldwide. See the 
-                <a href="http://hgwdev.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/credits.html#mouse_credits" 
-                TARGET=_blank>Credits</a> page for a detailed list of the 
-                organizations and individuals who contributed to the success of this release.
-		<P>
 
-	    	<FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>29 February 2012 
-	    	- RGD Genes available for rn4</B></FONT>
+            <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>18 April 2012 - GRC Planning Phase 
+		for GRCh38 Human Reference Assembly </B></FONT>
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-	    	We are pleased to announce the release of RGD Genes for rat
-	    	(Baylor 3.4/rn4). This track shows protein-coding gene annotations 
-	    	curated by <a href="http://rgd.mcw.edu/" target=_blank>RGD</a>. This track 
-	    	replaces UCSC Known Genes as the main gene track for this assembly.
+		The <A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/assembly/grc/"
+		TARGET=_blank>Genome Reference Consortium</A> (GRC) plans to
+		update the human reference assembly to GRCh38 in the summer of 
+		2013. This revision is aimed at addressing issues found with the
+		current model for representing genome assemblies, which uses a 
+		single, preferred tiling path to produce a single consensus 
+		representation of the genome. Subsequent analysis has
+		shown that for most mammalian genomes a single tiling path is
+		insufficient to represent a genome in regions with complex 
+		allelic diversity. The GRC is working to create assemblies that 
+		better represent this diversity and provide more robust 
+		substrates for genome analysis.
 	    	</P>
+		If you have questions, concerns or feedback about the plans for 
+		the GRCh38 assembly, the GRC would 
+	 	<A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/assembly/grc/contact.shtml">like 
+		your input</A>.
 	    	<P>
-	    	More details about this track can be found on the
-	    	<a href=" ../../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=rn4&g=rgdGene2" target=_blank>
-	    	RGD Genes track description page</a>.
-	    	</P>
-	    	<P>
-	    	We'd like to thank RGD for providing the base annotations for this
-	    	track. The RGD Genes track was produced by Fan Hsu, Mary Goldman and
-	    	Hiram Clawson.
-	    	</P>
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-                   <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>10 February 2012 
-		   - dbSNP 135 Available for hg19: </B></FONT>
-		   We are pleased to announce the release of four tracks derived
-		   from dbSNP build 135, available on the human assembly 
-		   (GRCh37/hg19).
-                   <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#100212">Read more</A>.
+                <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>07 March 2012 - New Mouse 
+            	Browser Available: </B></FONT>
+                We have released the latest Genome Browser for the December 2011
+                Mouse genome assembly produced by the 
+                <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/assembly/grc/mouse/" 
+		TARGET=_blank>Mouse Genome Reference Consortium</a> (GRCm38, 
+		UCSC version mm10).       
+                <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#030712">Read more</A>.
 		   <P>
-		   <FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>2 February 2012 - New UCSC 
-                   Genes Track Released for GRCh37/hg19: </B></FONT>
-		   We're happy to announce the release of an updated UCSC Genes
-                   track for the GRCh37/hg19 human Genome Browser. 
-		   <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#020212">Read more</A>.
+
+	    	<FONT FACE="courier" SIZE="3"><B>29 February 2012 - RGD Genes 
+		Available for rn4: </B></FONT>
+	    	We are pleased to announce the release of RGD Genes for rat
+	    	(Baylor 3.4/rn4). 
+                <A HREF="goldenPath/newsarch.html#022912">Read more</A>.
 		   <P>
 
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