FamDB Format 1.0 Partitions: The FamDB HDF5 database format now supports database partitioning by taxanomic groups. This allows users to download only the portion(s) of Dfam that they need to conduct their work while still providing all the features the famdb.py query tool. At a minimum the root partition must be downloaded however any number of additional partitions may also be present. The taxonomic layout of the partitions in Dfam 3.8 is as follows: Partition 0 [dfam38_full.0.h5]: root Mammalia, Amoebozoa, Bacteria , Choanoflagellata, Rhodophyta, Haptista, Metamonada, Fungi, Sar, Placozoa, Ctenophora , Filasterea, Spiralia, Discoba, Cnidaria, Porifera, Viruses Partition 1 [dfam38_full.1.h5]: Obtectomera Partition 2 [dfam38_full.2.h5]: Euteleosteomorpha Partition 3 [dfam38_full.3.h5]: Sarcopterygii Sauropsida, Coelacanthimorpha, Amphibia, Dipnomorpha Partition 4 [dfam38_full.4.h5]: Diptera Partition 5 [dfam38_full.5.h5]: Viridiplantae Partition 6 [dfam38_full.6.h5]: Deuterostomia Chondrichthyes, Hemichordata, Cladistia, Holostei, Tunicata, Cephalochordata, Cyclostomata , Osteoglossocephala, Otomorpha, Elopocephalai, Echinodermata, Chondrostei Partition 7 [dfam38_full.7.h5]: Hymenoptera Partition 8 [dfam38_full.8.h5]: Ecdysozoa Nematoda, Gelechioidea, Yponomeutoidea, Incurvarioidea, Chelicerata, Collembola, Polyneoptera, Tineoidea, Apoditrysia, Monocondylia, Strepsiptera, Palaeoptera, Neuropterida, Crustacea, Coleoptera, Siphonaptera, Trichoptera, Paraneoptera, Myriapoda, Scalidophora This new format is compatible with FamDB tool v1.0.1, and RepeatMasker 4.1.6. For more information see the project page at: https://github.com/Dfam-consortium/FamDB