Gene set update
Manual appraisal of a subset of the initial Culex gene set has been undertaken and we were able to identify approximately 1,500 genes that appear to be mis-predicted. These predictions have been removed from the canonical gene set. The majority of the deleted genes were short (1 or 2 exons) and lacked clear orthologs with other species (both the mosquitoes and beyond) but had many paralogs within Culex.
The new gene set, CpipiJ1.2, is available at VectorBase and has been submitted to GenBank. A list of the deleted genes is available on our website.
We value input from the community; so if you spot a gene that you think should be deleted or corrected, please e-mail us and we will incorporate it into the next update.