2024 GenBank Sequence Update #1: On January 16, 2024 we added 566 new full-length (FL) and 830 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. However, we also increased the stringency of our filters and removed 600 FL sequences due to excessive Ns. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 61,134 and the number of CR sequences to 81,124. Our SNVs now total 19,751. We update our GenBank sequences every 4-6 months. Hand curation of variants and references continues weekly. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2023 Update #2: On July 15, 2023 we added 1,779 new full-length (FL) and 1,410 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 61,168 and the number of CR sequences to 80,294. Our SNVs now total 19,747. We update our GenBank sequences every 4-6 months. Hand curation of variants and references continues weekly. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2023 Update #1: On January 15, 2023 we added 2,613 new full-length (FL) and 1,043 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 59,389 and the number of CR sequences to 78,884. Our SNVs now total 19,571. We update our GenBank sequences every 4-6 months. Hand curation of variants and references continues weekly. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2022 Update #2: On July 1, 2022 we added 2,316 new full-length (FL) and 3,077 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 56,910 and the number of CR sequences to 78,504. Our SNVs now total 19,449. We update our GenBank sequences every 4-6 months. Hand curation of variants and references continues weekly. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2022 Special Update [January 26, 2022] : We are pleased to announce that we have added Mitoscape to the Mitomap web site. Mitoscape is a big-data, machine-learning workflow for obtaining mtDNA sequence from NGS data, published by Singh et al November 2021, doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009594. The link to Mitoscape is in the left menu.

2021 Special Update [March 23, 2021] : We are pleased to announce that we have updated Allele Search to give you direct access to more variant data. New features include allele frequencies from gnomAD v3.1 and the Helix database, pathogenicity consensus scores for coding variants from MitImpact ’s APOGEE tool, and conservation percentages.

2022 Update #1: On January 15, 2022 we added 1965 new full-length (FL) and 457 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 54,594 and the number of CR sequences to 75,427. Several hundred alternately-annotated indel variants were removed due to our adoption of the HGVS 3' rule. Our SNVs now total 19,391. We update our GenBank sequences every 4-6 months. Hand curation of variants and references continues weekly. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2021 Update #2: On July 15, 2021 we added 797 new full-length (FL) and 107 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 52,633 and the number of CR sequences to 74,970. Our SNVs now total 19,644. We update our GenBank sequences every 4-6 months. Hand curation of variants and references continues weekly. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2021 Special Update [March 23, 2021]: We are pleased to announce that we have updated Allele Search to give you direct access to more variant data. New features include allele frequencies from gnomAD v3.1 and the Helix database, pathogenicity consensus scores for coding variants from MitImpact ’s APOGEE tool, and conservation percentages.

2021 Update #1: On January 15, 2021 we added 164 new full-length (FL) and 206 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 51,836 and the number of CR sequences to 74,866. Our SNVs now total 19,403.

2020 Update #3: On September 1, 2020 we added 1,615 new full-length (FL) and 348 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences to our database. We removed 1,133 FL duplicate cell line sequences. This brings our total number of FL sequences to 51,673, and the number of CR sequences to 74,660. Our SNVs now total 19,227. We update our GenBank sequences three times per year. Hand curation of variants and references continues weekly. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2020 Update #1: On January 1, 2020 we added 48 new variants from 1040 new full-length (FL) and 1,072 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences. This brings our total SNVs to 14,431, the number of FL sequences to 50,175, and the number of CR sequences to 73,294. Our next sequence set update will be in May. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2019 Update #3: On September 1, 2019 we added 149 new variants from 253 new full-length (FL) and 821 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences. This brings our total SNVs to 14,383, the number of FL sequences to 49,135, and the number of CR sequences to 72,235. Our next sequence set update will be in January. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2019 Update #2: On May 15, 2019 we added 158 new variants from 1,471 new full-length (FL) and 349 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences. This brings our total of SNPs to 14,222, the number of FL sequences to 48,882, and the number of CR sequences to 71,421. Our next sequence set update will be performed in September. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2019 Update #1: On January 1, 2019 we added 123 new variants from 1,320 new full-length (FL) and 916 new control region (CR) GenBank sequences. This brings our total of non-disease variants to 13,691, the number of FL sequences to 47,412, and the number of CR sequences to 71,091. Our next sequence set update will be in May. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2018 Update #3: On September 1, 2018 we added 125 new variants from 598 new full-length (FL) and 445 control region (CR) GenBank sequences. This brings our total of non-disease variants to 13,656, the number of FL sequences to 46,092, and the number of CR sequences to 70,175. Our next sequence set update will be in January. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2018 Update #2: On May 1, 2018 we added 184 new variants from 2,878 new full-length and 173 CR sequences. This brings our total of non-disease variants to 13,539, the number of full-length sequences to 45,494, and the number of CR sequences to 69,730. Our next sequence set update will be in September. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our current sequence sets.

2018 Update #1: On January 6, 2018 we added 702 new variants to Mitomap from 5,069 new full length + 2,881 control region sequences. This brings our total of non-disease variants to 13,362. See the GenBank Frequency Info page for details about our new sequence sets.