cytogenetics

ChromoDB at the XVIII OPTIMA Meeting

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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.

New Journal Explorer and major bibliographic improvements in ChromoDB

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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

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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

ChromoDB Project to be presented at the II SEBOT Botanical Congress in Seville

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We are excited to announce that the ChromoDB.net project will be officially presented at the upcoming II Congreso de Botánica (SEBOT2025). The congress will be held in Seville from September 22-25, 2025, and our team will be there to introduce this new resource to the botanical community. The presentation, titled “Proyecto ChromoDB.net: depuración, estandarización y … Read more

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

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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