Panda species

Go to Ensembl and find the following information:

  1. What is the name of the genome assembly for Panda?

  2. How long is the Panda genome (in bp)? How many coding genes have been annotated?

  1. Select Giant panda from the drop down species list, or click on View full list of all Ensembl species, then choose Giant panda from the list.
    The assembly is ASM200744v2 or GCA_002007445.2.

  2. Click on More information and statistics. Statistics are shown in the tables on the left.
    The length of the genome is 2,444,060,653 bp.
    There are 20,857 coding genes.

Available zebrafish assemblies

What previous assemblies are available for zebrafish?

Click on Zebrafish on the front page of Ensembl to go to the species homepage. Under Other assemblies three previous assembly names and the releases you can find them in are listed.
Assembly GRCz10 is available in the archived release 80, Zv9 in 77 and Zv8 in 54.

Solanum genus

Go to Ensembl Plants and answer the following questions:

  1. How many genomes of the genus Solanum are there in Ensembl Plants?

  2. When was the current Solanum lycopersicum genome assembly last revised?

  1. On the homepage, click on View full list of all Ensembl Plants species underneath the coloured search block. Type Solanum into the filter box in the top left-hand corner of the table.

    There are three Solanum genomes: Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), and Solanum tuberosum RH89-039-16 and Solanum tuberosum (both potato).

  2. Click on S. lycopersicum, then on More information and statistics.

    The genome was revised in April 2018.

Mosquito species

  1. Go to Ensembl Metazoa. How many genomes relating to the genus Anopheles are there in Ensembl Metazoa?

  2. When was the current Anopheles gambiae genome assembly last revised?

  1. Go to metazoa.ensembl.org. Open the drop-down list or click on View full list of all Ensembl Metazoa species. In a latin binomial species name, the first word represents the genus. Type Anopheles into the filter box in the top left to find all genomes with this word in the binomial.

    There are 22 Anopheles genomes (some species are represented by more than one genome).

  2. Click on Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito, PEST), and then on More information and statistics.

    The assembly hosted is AgamP4 (INSDC Assembly GCA_000005575.1) which was revised in Feb 2006.

Finding a genome in Ensembl Bacteria

Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra str. ATCC25177 is a clinical strain.

Go to Ensembl Bacteria and find the species M. tuberculosis H37Ra str. ATCC25177. How many coding genes does it have?

In the Ensesmbl Bacteria homepage, start to type H37Ra into the Search for a genome search box (you can find this in the coloured block at the top of the homepage). It will auto-complete, allowing you to select M. tuberculosis H37Ra str. ATCC25177 from the drop-down list. Click on More information and statistics.

M. tuberculosis H37Ra str. ATCC25177 has 4,080 coding and 47 non-coding genes.