GBIG: Evidence-Based Merging of Gene Neighbors in a Transcriptome

677 instances of two neighboring GBI-annotated genes were merged into single transcriptional units, with evidence for combinations up to seven neighbors. The dataset, authored by Felicia F. Wang, was last updated on April 29, 2026. It is a 5.5 KB Excel file containing evidence for merging gene neighbors in the revised GBIG transcriptome.

Use Cases

• Validate gene models based on evidence that neighboring annotations form single transcriptional units.
• Improve transcriptome assembly by merging adjacent gene regions identified as single units.
• Analyze the frequency of gene neighbor merging events, from pairs to larger clusters.

Strengths

• Provides a specific count of 677 two-neighbor merging events.
• Includes evidence for merging up to seven neighbor regions, which occurred twice.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Evidence-based merging from a revised transcriptome analysis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 17:36:08; freshness should be verified.