Acrobeles complexus

The Blaxter Lab

Nematode & Neglected Genomics
@ The Blaxter Lab, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh

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The ARTHROPODA PartiGene Databases

As part of our effort in PhyloGenomics, we have developed the PartiGene ARTHROPODA Database. In these databases, we have analysed the EST datasets for sixty different arthropod species. For current data on the database contents, please see the summary page.

To aid searching we have split the interface between four class-based views:

Chelicerata

Hexapoda

Crustacea

Myriapoda

Amongst other analyses, we have included Alfried Vogler's lab's PartiGene analysis of ~30 different arthropod species ESTs. A separate access point for that dataset is also available.

The sources of the sequence data and images used are available here. (Please note: this list is currently incomplete)

The database is curated by Mark Blaxter


Website Highlight

Blaxter Lab Publications 2006
evolution of operons

The tree of Nematoda

We have used molecular phylogenetics techniques to update our tree of the nematodes, revealing new patterns in the evolution of parasitism and of life on the land.

Meldal BH, Debenham NJ, De Ley P, De Ley IT, Vanfleteren JR, Vierstraete AR, Bert W, Borgonie G, Moens T, Tyler PA, Austen MC, Blaxter ML, Rogers AD, Lambshead PJ. An improved molecular phylogeny of the Nematoda with special emphasis on marine taxa. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2006 Sep 23 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.025.

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