A Database for Peromyscus: Planning Phase

该项目将计划开发鹿鼠属（鹿鼠和55个近缘物种）的生物数据库。鼠属的小鼠在整个北美非常丰富，并广泛用于纯和应用研究。Peromyscus通常用于的研究领域包括生态学，遗传学，系统学，进化，行为，生理学，代谢，寄生虫学，流行病学和毒理学。目前还没有这一重要生物群体的综合数据库，尽管已经发表了3500多篇期刊文章，数百名研究人员目前在他们的研究中使用peromyscines。设想的数据库虽然包括遗传学，但预计将包含有关这些啮齿动物生物学许多方面的广泛信息。因此，该数据库将与目前可访问的几个哺乳动物基因组数据库有很大不同。长期目标是使数据库中大约有八、九个专题组成部分是最新的，并可随时在因特网上查阅。 Peromyscus数据库（PDB）将由哥伦比亚的南卡罗来纳州大学计算机科学系和生物科学系Peromyscus遗传储备中心开发和运行。随着规划的进展，其他机构也可能参与进来。现有的几个独立的数据库将并入整个数据库。

This project will plan the development of a biological database for the genus Peromyscus (deer mice and 55 allied species). Mice of the genus Peromyscus are extremely abundant throughout North America and are widely used in pure and applied research. Research areas in which Peromyscus is commonly used includes ecology, genetics, systematics, evolution, behavior, physiology, metabolism, parasitology, epidemiology, and toxicology. Currently there is no comprehensive database for this significant group of organisms, although more than 3500 journal articles have been published and several hundred investigators currently use peromyscines in their research. The database envisioned, although including genetics, is expected to contain a broad range of information concerning many aspects of the biology of these rodents. This database, therefore, will differ substantially from the several mammalian genomic databases currently accessible. The long-range objective is to have about eight or nine topical components of the database up to date and readily accessible on the Internet. The Peromyscus Data Base (PDB) will be developed and operated through the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Biological Sciences, Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center, of the University of South Carolina at Columbia. Other institutions may become involved as planning progresses. Several existing free- standing databases will be incorporated into the overall database.