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Revision: 543
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Date: 2010-03-11 15:07:57 +0000 (Thu, 11 Mar 2010)
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<div class="gutter">
-<h1>Overview</h1>
-<p>
-TreeBASE is a relational database designed to manage and explore information on
-phylogenetic relationships (Sanderson et al., 1993, 1994; Piel et al., 1996;
-Morel, 1996; Piel et al., 2000). It includes phylogenetic trees and data
-matrices, together with information about the relevant publication, taxa,
-morphological and sequence-based characters, and published analyses.
-</p>
-<p>
-The database is designed to allow retrieval of trees and data from different
-studies so that existing phylogenetic results may be reassessed, compared,
-combined and reused. Applications include:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-to locate information on the phylogeny of particular groups of interest.
-</li>
-<li>
-to obtain datasets for studies of character evolution, including general
-patterns across many groups, such as patterns of homoplasy.
-</li>
-<li>
-in studies of biogeography -- to retrieve trees with representatives in
-particular geographical areas.
-</li>
-<li>
-in studies of coevolution -- to retrieve information on host and parasite
-phylogenies.
-</li>
-<li>
-in studies of congruence and combination of data -- to retrieve all molecular
-and morphological phylogenies for particular groups.
-</li>
-<li>
-in studies of phylogenetic methods -- to retrieve all parsimony or maximum
-likelihood reconstructions, for example, or to download datasets of various
-sorts to test methods.
-</li>
-<li>
-to link together trees of particular groups into more inclusive phylogenies.
-</li>
-<li>
-to discover understudied groups -- a resource for students, funding agencies,
-etc.
-</li>
-<li>
-to retrieve phylogenetic information for use in conservation biology and the
-management of natural resources.
-</li>
-</ul>
+ <h1>Overview</h1>
+ <p>
+ TreeBASE is a relational database designed to manage and explore information on
+ phylogenetic relationships (Sanderson et al., 1993, 1994; Piel et al., 1996;
+ Morel, 1996; Piel et al., 2000). It includes phylogenetic trees and data
+ matrices, together with information about the relevant publication, taxa,
+ morphological and sequence-based characters, and published analyses.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The database is designed to allow retrieval of trees and data from different
+ studies so that existing phylogenetic results may be reassessed, compared,
+ combined and reused. Applications include:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ to locate information on the phylogeny of particular groups of interest.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ to obtain datasets for studies of character evolution, including general
+ patterns across many groups, such as patterns of homoplasy.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ in studies of biogeography -- to retrieve trees with representatives in
+ particular geographical areas.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ in studies of coevolution -- to retrieve information on host and parasite
+ phylogenies.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ in studies of congruence and combination of data -- to retrieve all molecular
+ and morphological phylogenies for particular groups.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ in studies of phylogenetic methods -- to retrieve all parsimony or maximum
+ likelihood reconstructions, for example, or to download datasets of various
+ sorts to test methods.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ to link together trees of particular groups into more inclusive phylogenies.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ to discover understudied groups -- a resource for students, funding agencies,
+ etc.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ to retrieve phylogenetic information for use in conservation biology and the
+ management of natural resources.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <h2>History, Funding, and Governance</h2>
+ <p>
+ The prototype for TreeBASE was first launched in 1994 (Sanderson et al. 1994,
+ Piel et al., 2002) with funding from NSF SGER (NSF DEB 9318325: "A prototype
+ database of phylogenetic studies"). The database underwent a complete
+ redevelopment and redesign with funding from the <a href="http://www.phylo.org">
+ Cyberinfrastructure for Phylogenetic Research project</a> (NSF EF 0331654:
+ "Building the Tree of Life -- A National Resource for Phyloinformatics and
+ Computational Phylogenetics").
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ TreeBASE was released in March 2010 as one of the main products of The
+ Phyloinformatics Research Foundation, Inc., a Connecticut non-profit
+ corporation. The Foundation provides direction, governance, and continuity for
+ software, data sharing, and communication standards to promote phyloinformatic
+ research for the scientific community.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The current version of the database is 2.0 (released March 2010), and is hosted
+ by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (<a href="http://www.nescent.org">
+ NESCent</a>). In previous years the database has been hosted by the
+ <a href="http://www.peabody.yale.edu/">Yale Peabody Museum</a>, the
+ <a href="http://www.sdsc.edu">San Diego Supercomputer Center</a>, the
+ <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu">University at Buffalo</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.harvard.edu">Harvard University</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.leiden.edu">Leiden University</a>, and the
+ <a href="http://www.ucdavid.edu">University of California, Davis</a>.
+ </p>
+ <h2>Related resources</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://eol.org">Encyclopedia of Life</a>: A new project to create an
+ online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that
+ are named and known on this planet.</li>
+ <li><a href="http://tolweb.org">Tree of Life Web Project</a>: A collaborative
+ effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world. On more than
+ 10,000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about biodiversity,
+ the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history</li>
+ <li><a href="http://mesquiteproject.org">Mesquite</a>: Experimental, modular
+ software for evolutionary biology, designed to help biologists analyze comparative
+ data about organisms in a phylogenetic context.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <h2>Logo</h2>
+ <p>
+ The logo displayed on the TreeBASE web-application has been adapted to match the
+ color style of the website. Please use the logo shown here for linking to or citing
+ TreeBASE.
+ <center>
+ <img src="images/TreeBASE.png" alt="TreeBASE Logo" width="108" height="66" />
+ </center>
+ </p>
</div>
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