Release 54 and pre.ensembl.org

The Ensembl project is pleased to announce release 54 of Ensembl. Highlights of this release are:

• New Zv8 zebrafish assembly;
  
• Comparative alignment text displays for variations and regions;
  
• Ability to add personal notes to any Gene or Transcript.

For more information visit:

http://www.ensembl.org/info/website/news/index.html

Along side this release we are also releasing a new version of the pre site. This now includes:

• The GRCh37 human assembly released in February 2009, with preliminary analyses included;
• The callJacc3 marmoset assembly.