Beebase


BeeBase is an online bioinformatics database that displays data related to Apis mellifera, the European honey bee along with some pathogens and other species. It was developed in collaboration with the Honey Bee Genome Sequencing Consortium.

Data

The site hosts the genome sequence for apis mellifera along with those of the following pathogens:
Two additional species are under analysis:
In Feb 2007, BeeBase consisted of a genome viewer and a comparative map viewer, both modules of the Generic Model Organism Database project. The genome viewer included tracks for known honey bee genes, predicted gene sets, STS markers, honey bee expressed sequence tags, homologs in fruit fly, mosquito and other insects and transposable elements. The honey bee comparative map viewer displayed linkage maps and the physical map, highlighting markers that are common among maps.
Future enhancements planned for BeeBase are a QTL viewer and a gene expression database. The genome sequence will serve as a reference to link these diverse data types.
Biological data and services available on BeeBase include:
Beebase organized the community annotation of the bee genome in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center .
In the United Kingdom the National Bee Unit, part of the Food and Environment Research Agency, independently runs an information website under the name BeeBase .