Fourmidable: a database for ant genomics
2009

Fourmidable: A Database for Ant Genomics

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Author Information

Author(s): Yannick Wurm, Paolo Uva, Frédéric Ricci, John Wang, Stephanie Jemielity, Christian Iseli, Laurent Falquet, Laurent Keller

Primary Institution: University of Lausanne

Conclusion

Fourmidable currently houses EST data from two ant species and microarray gene expression data for one of these.

Supporting Evidence

  • Fourmidable provides a central repository for ant genomic data.
  • The database includes detailed assembly and annotation of nucleic acid sequences from ants.
  • It houses gene expression data for the fire ant and the black garden ant.

Takeaway

Fourmidable is a website that helps scientists study ant genes and their functions by providing a lot of genetic information about ants.

Methodology

The database processes nucleotide sequences for two ant species, providing assembly and annotation of sequences, and includes a repository for microarray experiments.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1186/1471-2164-10-5

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