UMMS Affiliation
Department of Neurobiology; Reppert Lab
Publication Date
2013-1
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Animal Migration; Brain; Butterflies; Neuropil; Genome, Insect; Databases, Genetic
Disciplines
Genetics and Genomics | Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Abstract
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is emerging as a model organism to study the mechanisms of circadian clocks and animal navigation, and the genetic underpinnings of long-distance migration. The initial assembly of the monarch genome was released in 2011, and the biological interpretation of the genome focused on the butterfly's migration biology. To make the extensive data associated with the genome accessible to the general biological and lepidopteran communities, we established MonarchBase (available at http://monarchbase.umassmed.edu). The database is an open-access, web-available portal that integrates all available data associated with the monarch butterfly genome. Moreover, MonarchBase provides access to an updated version of genome assembly (v3) upon which all data integration is based. These include genes with systematic annotation, as well as other molecular resources, such as brain expressed sequence tags, migration expression profiles and microRNAs. MonarchBase utilizes a variety of retrieving methods to access data conveniently and for integrating biological interpretations.
Rights and Permissions
Copyright The Author(s) 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits non-commercial reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
DOI of Published Version
10.1093/nar/gks1057
Source
Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Jan;41(Database issue):D758-63. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1057. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Nucleic acids research
Related Resources
PubMed ID
23143105
Repository Citation
Zhan, Shuai and Reppert, Steven M., "MonarchBase: the monarch butterfly genome database" (2013). Neurobiology Publications and Presentations. 144.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/neurobiology_pp/144