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Vertebrate Genome Annotation Project
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<p> The Vertebrate Genome Annotation (VEGA) database is a <a href="/facts/Biological_database/cQyWM7bs">biological database</a> dedicated to assisting researchers in locating specific areas of the <a href="/facts/Genome/31Sm08JT">genome</a> and annotating genes or regions of vertebrate genomes. The VEGA browser is based on <a href="/facts/Ensembl/dEhjvNaA">Ensembl</a> web code and infrastructure and provides a public curation of known vertebrate genes for the scientific community. The VEGA website is updated frequently to maintain the most current information about vertebrate genomes and attempts to present consistently high-quality <a href="/facts/Annotation/dGfVSUKc">annotation</a> of all its published vertebrate genomes or genome regions. VEGA was developed by the <a href="/facts/Wellcome_Trust_Sanger_Institute/uQchlx8p">Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute</a> and is in close association with other annotation databases, such as <a href="/facts/ZFIN/l02rFhFJ">ZFIN</a> (The Zebrafish Information Network), the Havana Group and <a href="/facts/GenBank/XyMcrktE">GenBank</a>. Manual annotation is currently more accurate at identifying splice variants, <a href="/facts/Pseudogenes/VfbL4L07">pseudogenes</a>, <a href="/facts/Polyadenylation/ILnXUBKP">polyadenylation</a> features, non-coding regions and complex gene arrangements than automated methods. </p>