ChromoDB at the XVIII OPTIMA Meeting
ChromoDB is being presented at the XVIII OPTIMA Meeting, highlighting the ongoing development, standardisation and dissemination of chromosome-count data for the botanical and cytogenetic communities.
Month: September 2026
New ChromoDB Cytogenetic Synthesis: Acanthophyllum
A new ChromoDB research synthesis reviews chromosome-number diversity, ploidy and unresolved cytogenetic records across Acanthophyllum (Caryophyllaceae).
New Journal Explorer and major bibliographic improvements in ChromoDB
ChromoDB has launched a new Journal Explorer and completed a major round of bibliographic cleaning and normalisation. The new dashboard allows chromosome records to be explored by journal, while recent improvements to reference_type, journal_full and journal_short provide a substantially more consistent bibliographic framework for the database.
From ChromoDB to a family-wide cytogenetic synthesis: Nitrariaceae
What can a curated chromosome database reveal when applied to an entire plant family?Our new Nitrariaceae study shows how ChromoDB can transform dispersed chromosome counts, genome-size data and genomic evidence into a taxonomically resolved and reusable evolutionary synthesis. The preprint and underlying dataset are now openly available: Simon Pallisé, J. & Bosch Daniel, M. (2026). … Read more