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Export custom datasets from Ensembl with this data-mining tool
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Search our genomes for your DNA or protein sequence
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Analyse your own variants and predict the functional consequences of known and unknown variants
Ensembl is a genome browser for vertebrate genomes that supports research in comparative genomics, evolution, sequence variation and transcriptional regulation. Ensembl annotate genes, computes multiple alignments, predicts regulatory function and collects disease data. Ensembl tools include BLAST, BLAT, BioMart and the Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) for all supported species.
Ensembl Release 112 (May 2024)
- Many new fish genomes have been added to Ensembl
- Population frequency data is available for chicken, dog, goat and sheep through VEP
- Update to our current regulation annotation. The promoters now align with the 5’ ends of known transcripts
- VEP will be updated to use the dbNSFP commercial data release
More release news on our blog
Ensembl Rapid Release
New assemblies with gene and protein annotation every two weeks.
Note: species that already exist on this site will continue to be updated with the full range of annotations.
The Ensembl Rapid Release website provides annotation for recently produced, publicly available vertebrate and non-vertebrate genomes from biodiversity initiatives such as Darwin Tree of Life, the Vertebrate Genomes Project and the Earth BioGenome Project.
Rapid Release news on our blog