Ant genomics database - Fourmidable
News
- 2012.05.26 Other ant sequences
- Added genomic sequence of ants that are not part of a genome projects to BLAST.
- 2012.03.10 Crazy ant sequences
- Added Nylanderia pubens (Invasive Caribbean Crazy Ant) transcriptome assembly. [Paper PDF]
- 2012.02.15 BLAST interface updated
- Usability upgrades for the BLAST interface.
- 2012.01.08 Uniprot links for S. invicta protein sequence
- S. invicta protein sequences in BLAST output are now automatically linked to their corresponding Uniprot page for reference.
- 2011.08.30 C. floridanus and H. saltator EST assembly
- Camponotus & Harpegnathos mRNA (assembled from short EST reads) added to BLAST.
- 2011.08.29 New domain & naming
- Fourmidable is now antgenomes.org. And web addresses to blast ant genomes (http://www.antgenomes.org/blast) and download data (http://www.antgenomes.org/downloads/) are now simpler.
- 2011.07.14 Server update
- Old server replaced by a new one. BLAST searches should be much faster!
- 2011.06.01 BLAST user interface update
- BLAST search features as "assisted" user interface that helps you choose which blast types and databases are possible with your query.
- 2011.06.01 Acromyrmex echinatior leafcutter ant
- Added sequence from the Acromyrmex echinatior leafcutter ant genome to download and blast.
- 2011.02.14 Atta cephalotes leafcutter ant
- Atta cephalotes leafcutter ant genome paper released. Sequences added to ant blast search and sequence download
- 2011.02.01 Fourmidable updates
- Sleek new BLAST interface to search ant genome sequences.
- 2011.01.31 Solenopsis, Pogonomyrmex and Linepithema ant genomes released
- Solenopsis invicta red fire ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus harverster ant and Linepithema humile argentine ant genomes released online in PNAS.
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Recent Citations of the paper
- Piednoël et al (2011) Eukaryote DIRS1-like retrotransposons: an overview. BMC Genomics 12:621.
- Hunt et al (2011) Relaxed selection is a precursor to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. PNAS.
- Gotzek et al (2011) Odorant Binding Proteins of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta: An Example of the Problems Facing the Analysis of Widely Divergent Proteins. PLoS ONE.
- Wurm et al (2011) The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. PNAS.
- Ometto et al (2011) The evolution of gene expression in fire ants: the effects of developmental stage, caste, and species. Molecular Biology and Evolution.
- Hoffman (2010) Ant venoms. Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology.
- Schlunz & Crozier (2010) Molecular and chemical immune defenses in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News.
- Wurm, Wang, Keller (2010) Changes in reproductive roles are associated with changes in gene expression in fire ant queens. Molecular Ecology.
- Parker (2010) What are social insects telling us about aging? Myrmecological News.
- Wurm & Keller (2010) Parasitoid Wasps: From Natural History to Genomic Studies. Current Biology.
- Smith et al (2009) Ant genomics: strength and diversity in numbers. Molecular Ecology.
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