WormBase Genomes
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WormBase Genomes
This is a record of the current and proposed set of genomes in WormBase.
I think that this page is a correct statement of our intentions.
We may, of course, alter our plans for which species to include as circumstances dictate and so the list of organisms which should be included should be treated as somewhat tentative.
Tiers
The different genomes in WormBase are classified in various tiers which depend on the amount of curation effort we are able to put into maintaining them.
Tier I - All efforts are made to curate the gene structures and any other genetic or metabolic information. Only C. elegans is in this group.
Tier II - Efforts are made, where practical, to manually curate the gene structure and possibly some other genomic information.
Tier III - We will set up the genome on WormBase with any gene structures that the authors of this genome have predicted. No further curation efforts are made by the WormBase consortium.
Tier IV - Proposed tier for organisms with only transcriptome information and no coherent genome. There are no examples of this at present.
Genome
The Genome column in the table indicates whether the genome has been added to WormBase.
Gene
The Genes column in the table indicates whether gene structures have been added to WormBase.
The genome status
Species | NCBI TaxonID | Tier | Genome | Genes | Origin | Comments |
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Caenorhabditis briggsae | 6238 | II | Yes | Yes | WashU | [Sept 2010] New assembly from Erich Haag being worked on. |
Caenorhabditis remanei | 31234 | II | Yes | Yes | WashU | |
Caenorhabditis brenneri (Species 4) |
135651 | II | Yes | Yes | WashU | |
Caenorhabditis elegans strain N2 | 6239 | I | Yes | Yes | WashU/Sanger | |
Caenorhabditis elegans strain DR1035 | 6239 | III | Mark Blaxter | status unclear | ||
Caenorhabditis japonica | 281687 | II | Yes | Yes | WashU | |
Caenorhabditis drosophilae | 96641 | III | WashU | [Sept 2010] being assembled | ||
Caenorhabditis species 3 strain PS1010 | 96668 | II | Yes | Yes | CalTech | Added to WormBase in release WS218. |
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora | 37862 | III | WashU | |||
Pristionchus pacificus | 54126 | II | Yes | Yes | WashU/MPI | [16 December 2010] Updated to the newest assembly and geneset in WS221 |
Haemonchus contortus | 6289 | III | Yes | Yes | Sanger | Added to WormBase in release WS209. |
Strongyloides ratti | 34506 | III | Sanger | [30 June 2010] Assembly due out in mid 2011. They have fosmid & BAC libraries. Have ~5000 contigs and ~99% of genome done. Have about 10,000 genes which is the expected number as it is half the size of C. elegans. | ||
Meloidogyne hapla | 6305 | III | Yes | Yes | NCSU hapla.org | Added to WormBase in release WS204. |
Meloidogyne incognita | 6306 | III | Yes | INRA | Added to WormBase in release WS205. Genes are not yet available. | |
Brugia malayi | 6279 | III | Yes | Yes | TIGR -> WashU/Sanger | [Sept 2010] Currently using the old TIGR assembly. Waiting for WashU (did assembly) and Sanger (did gene models) to publish, then we will use the new assembly. [Dec 2010] merged Augustus gene predictions from Erich Schwarz into WS216 |
Onchocerca volvulus | 6282 | III | Sanger | |||
Ascaris suum | 6253 | III | Sanger | |||
Globodera pallida | 36090 | III | Sanger | |||
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis | 27835 | III | Sanger | |||
Strongyloides ransomi | 553534 | III | Sanger | |||
Teladorsagia circumcincta | 45464 | III | Sanger | |||
Trichuris muris | 70415 | III | Sanger | |||
Trichinella spiralis | 6334 | III | WashU | [Sept 2010] Being assembled. |
Phylogeny
Given my understanding of the current phylogenetic literature, the correct guide tree would be:
((((((((((C.briggsae,C.remanei),C.brenneri),C.elegans),C.japonica),(C.drosophila,C.species3)),(H.contortus,H.bacteriophora)),P.pacificus),S.ratti),(M.hapla,M.incognita)),B.malayi)