NEWS

• The Release 5.1 Heterochromatin annotations have been integrated into Flybase Release 5.3

• The DHGP has several recent publications:

Genomics on a phylogeny: Evolution of Genes and Genomes in the Genus Drosophila. Drosophila Comparative Genome Sequencing and Analysis Consortium. Nature (in press)

The Release 5.1 annotation of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin.
Christopher D. Smith, ShengQiang Shu, Christopher J. Mungall, Gary H. Karpen (2007). Science 316, 1586-1591.

Sequence finishing and mapping of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatin.
Roger A. Hoskins,* Joseph W. Carlson,* Cameron Kennedy, David Acevedo, Martha Evans-Holm, Erwin Frise, Kenneth H. Wan, Soo Park, Maria Mendez-Lago, Fabrizio Rossi, Alfredo Villasante, Patrizio Dimitri, Gary H. Karpen, Susan E. Celniker (2007). Science 316, 1625-1628.