v2.16.0 Release

This release adds the long awaited ability to visualize "multi-way" synteny using a "series of pairwise" comparisons

https://jbrowse.org/code/jb2/main/?config=%2Fdemos%2Fplant_synteny_demo%2Fconfig2.json&session=share-OzIsqrPjDb&password=0T2Qs

Screenshot of grape vs peach vs cacao:

Setting up multi-way synteny views can be performed from the "import form" or via the URL params. We envision further enhancements to come to improve functionality and ease-of-use of these views also.

Screenshot of the multi-way import form

Downloads#

• v2.16.0

To install JBrowse 2 for the web, you can download the link above, or you can use the JBrowse CLI to automatically download the latest version. See the JBrowse web quick start for more details.

2.16.0 (2024-10-23)#

:rocket: Enhancement#

• Other
  • #4615 Add configuration of transcriptTypes and containerTypes to the svg feature rendering (@cmdcolin)
• app-core, core
  • #4430 Multi-level synteny rendering (@cmdcolin)

:bug: Bug Fix#

• Other
  • #4593 Fix navigating to a refname result that is also indexed in search track index (@cmdcolin)
  • #4612 Fix error with tooltips in embedded components in vite dev mode (@cmdcolin)
  • #4602 Fix decoding of CRAM ML tag (@cmdcolin)
  • #4594 Fix highlight button causing issues clicking underlying track features (@cmdcolin)
  • #4586 Update electron-builder to fix broken desktop builds (@cmdcolin)
• core
  • #4600 Fix check for "hasSubSubfeatures" in svg feature rendering (@cmdcolin)
  • #4590 Fix opening .jbrowse files on desktop (@cmdcolin)

:memo: Documentation#

• #4607 Add tiberius sample dataset and updated gencode and ncbi GFF gene sets (@cmdcolin)

:house: Internal#

• Other
  • #4607 Add tiberius sample dataset and updated gencode and ncbi GFF gene sets (@cmdcolin)
• app-core, core, embedded-core, product-core, web-core
  • #4606 Remove react-error-boundary (@cmdcolin)

Committers: 1#

• Colin Diesh (@cmdcolin)