Gramene database interim build 34b released

The Gramene team is happy to announce interim release 34b.  We have now added the reference genome for Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D, a primitive unicellular red alga, which lives in acidic hot water (like hot springs), bringing us to 23 genomes.  We updated the software of our Ensembl genome browser to version 65, updated the gene models for Physcomitrella patens (moss), updated the gene and prediction tables for the Oryza glaberrima (African rice) and Glycine max (soybean) core databases, and updated the gene BioMarts.  We also updated the Compara gene trees to exclude superfluous Fgenesh predictions of G. max and O. glaberrima, and added genes from the partial Oryza genomes (the chromosome 3 short arm projects of wild species of Oryza).   To accommodate these, we developed an entirely distinct set of gene trees focused on the Oryza genus, which include 12 complete and partial genomes of cultivated and wild relatives, plus several outgroup species.  Unfortunately we no longer provide direct access to the Pan Compara gene trees, but these can still be accessed from EnsemblPlants.  We are also releasing to the community, lists of candidates for putative annotation artifacts resulted from Gramene's screen for split gene models in gene trees, the data can be found on our ftp site.  Please let us know if you have and problems or question with the new build.