A Database of Drosophila Genes & Genomes

FB2008_07, released August 8, 2008
 

Commentary

A more frequent FlyBase update cycle.

This year, we adopted a regular and frequent schedule of database updates. We are happy to report that FlyBase has successfully maintained release cycle intervals between 4-6 weeks and plans to maintain this schedule in the future. We encourage users to make note of the release version when using data from FlyBase, and to facilitate this, have made the current version more conspicuous. You will find it in red at the top as well as centered on the bottom of each page. The current FlyBase version, FB2008_07 (released August 8, 2008), represents the seventh release of 2008.

Since FlyBase now includes genome annotation data for a dozen Drosophila species, this new database release version is no longer equivalent to the D. melanogaster genome/annotation release descriptor. ...(More)