Plant Genomics Databases: Methods and Protocols

Abstract

This volume focuses on “databases” as distinct from “analysis tools.” Hence, several tools are not included, because they do not present data but aim to analyze data provided by users. Other inclusion criteria were that the resource should be up to date and of minimal suffcient size. Small databases obviously can be extremely relevant but would not make for a useful chapter in this volume. However, a use case is included in Chapter 9 in which various small species-specifc databases are compared. It should also be noted that this volume focuses on plant-specifc resources. For that reason, various more general resources have not been included. Finally, the focus of this volume on genomics databases means that databases presenting purely other types of omics data, e.g., purely metabolomics data, are not included.