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+ + ++We are pleased to announce new GENCODE Gene annotation tracks, which correspond +to Ensembl 113, for three assemblies: hg19/GRCh37, +hg38/GRCh38, +and mm39/GRCm39. +For human, the GENCODE V47 annotations were mapped to hg38/GRCh38 and then back-mapped +to the hg19/GRCh37 assembly. For all three assemblies, the gene sets contain the following +tracks:
++The hg38 and mm39 assemblies also include the following tracks that are not available on hg19: +
++Details on each release can be found on the GENCODE site. This includes statistics on each release. +
We would like to thank the GENCODE project for providing these +annotations. We would also like to thank Mark Diekhans and Gerardo Perez for the development and +release of these tracks.
+ + +We are pleased to announce the release of the Genome in a Bottle (GIAB) Problematic Regions tracks for the hg38 and hs1 human assemblies. The tracks provide stratifications of the genome to evaluate variant calls in complex regions and it is designed for use with Global Alliance for Genomic Health (GA4GH) benchmarking tools like hap.py. It includes regions with low complexity, segmental duplications, functional regions, and difficult-to-sequence areas. The GIAB Problematic Regions composite track consists of four subtracks: