The MeV Development team has been working over the last year on a major addition to MeV; we have expanded the program's data model to support data unique to RNA-Seq output: count data, RPKM/FPKM values, library sizes, class codes, etc. A new file loader allows for loading mapped read count or RPKM/FPKM values into MeV from a simple, tab-delimited format. Now all of the tools MeV contains can be applied easily to next-generation genomic data. In addition, we have added four new modules that provide analysis tools optimized for RNA-Seq data.

We released a pilot version of MeV containing these features back in December. Since then we have been testing and streamlining the code and ensuring that the new features integrate well into MeV. We are excited to continue development of these features, and continue expanding MeV's capabilities to support other genomic data types. 

Download the application, and try it for yourself. For more details about new features, see the release notes. Check out our tutorial Getting Started with RNA-Seq Data to learn how to use MeV's new features.

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