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markd
  Thu Apr 23 21:58:41 2026 -0700
import of GENCODE V50, MV39, and V50lift37; added a command to do import with a single command

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+<h2>Description</h2>
+<p>
+The GENCODE Genes track (version 50, May 2026 (pre-release)) shows high-quality manual
+annotations merged with evidence-based automated annotations across the entire
+human genome generated by the
+<a href="https://www.gencodegenes.org/" target="_blank">GENCODE project</a>.
+The GENCODE gene set presents a full merge
+between HAVANA manual annotation process and Ensembl automatic annotation pipeline.
+Priority is given to the manually curated HAVANA annotation using predicted
+Ensembl annotations when there are no corresponding manual annotations.
+The 50 annotation was carried out on genome assembly GRCh38 (hg38).
+</p>
+<p>
+The Ensembl human and mouse data sets are the same gene annotations as GENCODE for the
+corresponding release.
+</p>
+
+<!--#insert file="../../wgEncodeGencodeDisplay1.shared.html"-->
+
+<h2>Downloads</h2>
+<p>GENCODE GFF3 and GTF files are available from the
+<a href="https://www.gencodegenes.org/human/release_50.html" target="_blank">GENCODE release 50</a> site.</p>
+
+<h2>Release Notes</h2>
+<p>
+<span style="font-weight: bold;">GENCODE version 50 corresponds to Ensembl 116.</p>
+<p>See also: <a href="https://www.gencodegenes.org/" target="_blank">The GENCODE Project</a>
+</p>
+
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