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. 2023:2703:227-236.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3389-2_17.

First Update to B-Chrom: A Database on B-Chromosomes

María Luisa Gutiérrez  1 , Roi Rodríguez-González  1 , Inés Fuentes  1   2 , Francisco Gálvez-Prada  3 , Aleš Kovařík  4 , Sònia Garcia  1
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First Update to B-Chrom: A Database on B-Chromosomes

María Luisa Gutiérrez et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2023.

Abstract

The supernumerary mostly dispensable B chromosomes are nuclear components of about 15% of eukaryotic phyla. For a long time, B chromosomes have been studied, generating an enormous bulk of knowledge, diluted in the vastness of the scientific literature. In order to provide better access to this information, we created B-chrom ( www.bchrom.csic.es ), an online database with comprehensive information on Bs for plants, animals, and fungi. It was released in 2017 and first updated in 2021, by adding 334 entries and 123 new species. Currently, the resource provides information for 2951 species coming from 3292 sources. During this time, the usefulness of this database has been proven by the number of visits (more than 207,000 since its release) and by the scientific community, having been cited in more than 60 publications until present. This chapter explains the database composition and tips on how to use it.

Keywords: B-chromosomes; Cytogenetics; Data mining; Database; Evolution; Karyology; Karyotype.

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