IGB Genome Version ce10: WS140 or WS220?

Question

[smpyonteck]

Hi,

I just downloaded the IGB genomics viewer and would like to use the WS220 version of the C. elegans reference genome. I thought that this version corresponded to the ce10 build according to UCSC:

This directory contains the Oct. 2010 (WS220/ce10) assembly of the
C. elegans genome (ce10, Washington University School of Medicine
GSC and Sanger Institute WS220), as well as repeat annotations and
GenBank sequences.

Within IGB, when I select the genome version "C_elegans_Oct_2010", the title within the browser window is listed as "C. elegans Oct 2010 (WS140/ce10)".

So now I am confused. Does this genome version within IGB correspond to the WS220 version or the WS140 version of the C. elegans reference genome? Thank you so much for your help!

Answer 1

[Nowlan Freese]

Hi smpyonteck,

The C. elegans genome version in IGB "C_elegans_Oct_2010" is the most recent version, i.e. WS220/ce10. The title within the browser "WS140/ce10" is a typo in our synonym file.

Thank you for finding this!

Nowlan

Answer 2

[smpyonteck]

Great-thank you!!!!!