I think there should be a gene at the end of clone X but WormBase doesn show any genes in this region. Why not?
A full and complete description of all C. elegans genes is not known (and may not accurately be known for many years). WormBase attempts to represent all genes that have good experimental evidence plus a number of genes which have less experimental evidence but which were generated using gene finding software. If there are any publically available transcript data (EST, mRNA etc.) then WormBase should nearly always have attempted to make a gene prediction in that region. However, many poorly expressed genes may not have any transcript evidence and so may not be represented in WormBase at this time. Please help us by letting us know if you have any evidence for a gene that is currently not displayed in WormBase. Aside from transcript evidence (for which we would always encourage people to submit to GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ) a strong case can be made for creating a new gene if there is good conservation with other species (particularly C. briggsae or C. remanei) and if there is other supporting
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