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

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Plant Genomic and Cytogenetic Databases

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2703))

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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.

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  1. Institut Botànic de Barcelona, IBB (CSIC-Ajuntament de Barcelona), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    María Luisa Gutiérrez, Roi Rodríguez-González, Inés Fuentes & Sònia Garcia

  2. Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona (PRBB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Inés Fuentes

  3. Bioscripts-Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Recursos Científicos, Sevilla, Spain

    Francisco Gálvez-Prada

  4. Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic

    Aleš Kovařík

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Gutiérrez, M.L., Rodríguez-González, R., Fuentes, I., Gálvez-Prada, F., Kovařík, A., Garcia, S. (2023). First Update to B-Chrom: A Database on B-Chromosomes. In: Garcia, S., Nualart, N. (eds) Plant Genomic and Cytogenetic Databases. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2703. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3389-2_17

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