Development of an animal genome database and its search system

Yasuhiko Wada and Hiroshi Yasue

Animal Genome Research Group
National Institute of Animal Industry
2 Ikenodai, Kukisaki-machi, Inashiki-gun,
Ibaraki 305, Japan

Abstract

  An animal genome database has been developed on a Unix workstation
and maintained by a relational database management system. This database
has forcused on the comparative gene mapping between species to assist 
the mapping of the genes related phenotypic traits in livestock.
The linkage maps, cytogenetic maps, polymerase chain reaction primers
of pig, cattle, mouse and human, and their references have been
included in the database, and the correspondence among species have been
stipulated in the database. In order to search the database effectively,
the World Wide Web server (http://ws4.niai.affrc.go.jp/) and
the electronic mail server system (e-mail: jgbase-mail@niai.affrc.go.jp)
have been developed on different Unix workstations. These servers are connected
to the Internet.


CABIOS Vol.12 no.3 p.231-235 (1996)