SGER: A Prototype Database of Phylogenetic Studies

9318325多诺霍近些年来，系统发育研究的发表速度急剧增加。为了各种各样的目的，需要获得系统发育树以及这些树背后的数据，包括形态和分子进化的比较研究、生物地理学、共同进化以及研究不同证据来源的一致性。还需要这些数据来监测系统发育研究的进展，测试税收计量分析的新方法，以及解决保护生物多样性方面的紧迫实际问题。该项目的目的是建立一个系统发育研究的原型数据库，以便于查阅已公布的信息，从而探讨开发一个国际综合数据库的可行性。原型的开发将包括审查从文献和通过电子提交数据从作者那里获得系统发育研究的替代战略。与同事协商将有助于确定原型数据库中应包括的核心基本信息，包括关于特征的数据矩阵、关于分类群的基本信息、书目引用和系统发育树。将开发用于分类数据集的电子传输、数据输入、数据集的检索和操作以及将数据集导入和导出到系统发育和分析程序的软件。数据库的设计将允许灵活地纳入更多信息，并将数据输出到其他平台或软件环境的未来实施中。该原型将促使社区讨论开发一个针对所有生物体群体的全面系统发育数据库。

9318325 Donoghue The rate of publication of phylogenetic studies has increased dramatically in recent years. Access to phylogenetic trees, and to the data underlying those trees, is needed for a wide variety of purposes, including comparative studies of morphological and molecular evolution, biogeography, coevolution, and studies of the congruence of different sources of evidence. Such data are also needed to monitor progress in phylogenetic research, to test new methods of taxometric analysis, and to address immediate practical problems in conservation of biodiversity. The aim of the project is to establish a prototype database of phylogenetic studies designed to make published information readily accessible, and thereby to explore the feasibility of developing an internationally comprehensive database. Development of a prototype will involve examination of alternative strategies for obtaining phylogenetic studies from the literature and from authors via electronic submission of data. Consultation with colleagues will help delimit a core of essential information to be included in the prototype database, including data matrices on characters, basic information on taxa, bibliographic citations, and phylogenetic trees. %%% Software will be developed for electronic transfer of taxonomic data sets, for data entry, for retrieval and manipulation of data sets and for importing and exporting data sets to phylogenetic and analy tical programs. The database will be designed to allow flexibility to incorporate additional information and to export data to future implementations on other platforms or software environments. The prototype will stimulate community discussion on the development of a comprehensive phylogenetic database for all groups of organisms.