ChromoDB publishes its first dataset through GBIF

We are pleased to announce the first publication of ChromoDB – Chromosome Database for Plant Cytogenetics through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). This initial release makes more than 206,000 plant chromosome records openly accessible through one of the world’s leading infrastructures for biodiversity data. Each record combines chromosome information with taxonomic and bibliographic data, … Read more

ChromoDB update: improving visibility, traceability and access

ChromoDB continues to grow as an open and curated resource for plant chromosome counts, but recent work has focused not only on adding new records, but also on improving how the database is discovered, explored and cited. Several updates have been introduced to make ChromoDB more useful for both users and search engines. Individual record … Read more

Welcome to the ChromoDB Blog: Our Project and First Datasets Are Now Live!

We are thrilled to announce the official launch of the ChromoDB project, a new open science initiative dedicated to building a global, curated, and accessible database of plant chromosome numbers. The Problem We’re Solving For decades, valuable plant chromosome data has been scattered across thousands of publications, often with incomplete bibliographic references or inconsistent taxonomic … Read more