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TreeBASE is a relational database of phylogenetic information hosted by the Yale Peabody Museum. In previous years the database has been hosted by University at Buffalo, Harvard
University
Herbaria,
Leiden University
EEW,
and the University
of California,
Davis.
TreeBASE stores phylogenetic trees and the data
matrices used to generate them from published
research papers. We encourage biologists to
submit
phylogenetic data that are either published or in
press, especially if these data were not fully
presented in the publication due to space
limitations. TreeBASE accepts all types of
phylogenetic data (e.g., trees of species, trees of
populations, trees of genes) representing all
biotic taxa. For more information, see an
introduction
to TreeBASE, information on searching, the database
schema, and a graphic presentation of the web
site's internal structure. Also, check out some
ideas on why
you might want to use TreeBASE.
TreeBASE is now a participant in CIPRes , the NSF-sponsored Cyberinfrastructure for Phylogenetic Research project. As such, it is being redesigned from the ground up through collaborative research among Computer Scientists, Biologists, and Programmers. Presently TreeBASE is being mirrored at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD. Eventually, the redesigned, new and improved CIPRes version of TreeBASE will take over. In the meantime, please send us suggestions of what kinds of features or functions would you like designed into the new database? Are there new or unusual data types , queries, and functions that are not already offered by the current version of TreeBASE? Please send your suggestions here (but replace the " at " in the address with "@").
The
WWW implementation of TreeBASE requires a
forms-capable and frames-capable browser. We would
be very grateful for any feedback
on TreeBASE, including suggestions for improvement.
In particular, if you encounter any errors please
let us know.
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