Coming orthology data changes in WormBase WS276

Many of you have written to us in the past and pointed out some spurious human orthology calls for elegans genes, most of these have been noticed in the gene descriptions that appear in the Overview widget on the gene page. WormBase now uses the DIOPT orthology data from the Alliance of Genome Resources and has increased stringency by displaying only those human orthologs that have been determined by three or more methods. This should significantly improve the orthology data in WormBase which is reflected in the gene descriptions. Note that this change will go live in the WS276 version of WormBase coming soon (late April, 2020).

Source: WormBase - April 22, 2020 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ranjana Kishore Tags: brief communication news Uncategorized orthologs WS276 Source Type: news