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Title: SURFING THE MAIZE GENOME: MAPS, TOOLS AND EXPRESSION

Author
item POLACCO, MARY
item Coe Jr, Edward
item BYRNE, PATRICK - COLORADO STATE UNIV
item Davis, Georgia
item HANCOCK, DENIS - UNIV OF MISSOURI

Submitted to: Plant and Animal Genome VX Conference Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/18/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: MaizeDB, a public and freely accessible USDA Plant Genome resource, provides internet access to the maize genome. It includes information about map loci, including QTL; the data in support of the maps; functional and bibliographic annotation; and certain tools, e.g., genetic stocks (or germplasm) and clones. It has grown from the 1991 on-line single- interface prototype, with under 20,000 records, to a multi-interface database where over 123,000 records have been entered with many loci, variations, clones, gene products and stocks seamlessly linked to external databases. In order to make the growing body of information more accessible, several browsing files have been developed, which DYNAMICALLY EXTRACT the most current data from the database. Examples that will be presented include the PCR primers for simple sequence repeats (SSRs); the core markers for the bins maps; zealand, an annual, genetically organized bibliography; the gene list; mutant images; and files of new data as they are incorporated.