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DOG-SPOT database for comprehensive management of dog genetic research data
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* Corresponding author: Nathan B Sutter nbs39@cornell.edu
1 Office of Educational Development, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, USA
2 Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, USA
Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2010, 5:10 doi:10.1186/1751-0473-5-10
Published: 15 December 2010Abstract
Research laboratories studying the genetics of companion animals have no database tools specifically designed to aid in the management of the many kinds of data that are generated, stored and analyzed. We have developed a relational database, "DOG-SPOT," to provide such a tool. Implemented in MS-Access, the database is easy to extend or customize to suit a lab's particular needs. With DOG-SPOT a lab can manage data relating to dogs, breeds, samples, biomaterials, phenotypes, owners, communications, amplicons, sequences, markers, genotypes and personnel. Such an integrated data structure helps ensure high quality data entry and makes it easy to track physical stocks of biomaterials and oligonucleotides.