Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies
Karyotypes and chromosome data have been widely used in many subfields of biology over the last century. Unfortunately, this data is largely scattered among hundreds of articles, books, and theses, many of which are only available behind paywalls. This creates a barrier to new researchers wishing to...
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| author | Magnolia W. Morelli Heath Blackmon Carl E. Hjelmen |
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| description | Karyotypes and chromosome data have been widely used in many subfields of biology over the last century. Unfortunately, this data is largely scattered among hundreds of articles, books, and theses, many of which are only available behind paywalls. This creates a barrier to new researchers wishing to use this data, especially those from smaller institutions or in countries lacking institutional access to much of the scientific literature. We solved this problem by building two datasets for true flies (Order: Diptera and one specific to Drosophila), These datasets are available via a public interactive database that allows users to explore, visualize and download all data. The Diptera karyotype databases currently contain a total of 3,474 karyotype records from 538 publications. Synthesizing this data, we show several groups are of particular interest for future investigations by whole genome sequencing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20919ea7035d4370be61eace7a1e801e2022-12-21T19:27:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2022-03-011010.3389/fevo.2022.832378832378Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic StudiesMagnolia W. Morelli0Heath Blackmon1Carl E. Hjelmen2Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, United StatesDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United StatesDepartment of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, United StatesKaryotypes and chromosome data have been widely used in many subfields of biology over the last century. Unfortunately, this data is largely scattered among hundreds of articles, books, and theses, many of which are only available behind paywalls. This creates a barrier to new researchers wishing to use this data, especially those from smaller institutions or in countries lacking institutional access to much of the scientific literature. We solved this problem by building two datasets for true flies (Order: Diptera and one specific to Drosophila), These datasets are available via a public interactive database that allows users to explore, visualize and download all data. The Diptera karyotype databases currently contain a total of 3,474 karyotype records from 538 publications. Synthesizing this data, we show several groups are of particular interest for future investigations by whole genome sequencing.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.832378/fullDipteraDrosophilakaryotypesex chromosomechromosome number |
| spellingShingle | Magnolia W. Morelli Heath Blackmon Carl E. Hjelmen Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Diptera Drosophila karyotype sex chromosome chromosome number |
| title | Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies |
| title_full | Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies |
| title_fullStr | Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies |
| title_short | Diptera and Drosophila Karyotype Databases: A Useful Dataset to Guide Evolutionary and Genomic Studies |
| title_sort | diptera and drosophila karyotype databases a useful dataset to guide evolutionary and genomic studies |
| topic | Diptera Drosophila karyotype sex chromosome chromosome number |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.832378/full |
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