Tools and Resources at the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database (MaizeGDB)

Margaret R Woodhouse; Ethalinda K Cannon; John L Portwood 2nd; Jack M Gardiner; Rita K Hayford; Olivia Haley; Carson M Andorf

doi:10.1101/pdb.over108430

Tools and Resources at the Maize Genetics and Genomics Database (MaizeGDB)

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2024 Aug 16. doi: 10.1101/pdb.over108430. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Margaret R Woodhouse¹, Ethalinda K Cannon², John L Portwood 2nd², Jack M Gardiner³, Rita K Hayford², Olivia Haley², Carson M Andorf^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA [email protected].
² Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS), Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
³ Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
⁴ Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.

PMID: 39151939
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.over108430

Abstract

The Maize Genetics and Genomics Database (MaizeGDB) is the community resource for maize researchers, offering a suite of tools, informatics resources, and curated data sets to support maize genetics, genomics, and breeding research. Here, we provide an overview of the key resources available at MaizeGDB, including maize genomes, comparative genomics, and pan-genomics tools. This review aims to familiarize users with the range of options available for maize research and highlights the importance of MaizeGDB as a central hub for the maize research community. By providing a detailed snapshot of the database's capabilities, we hope to enable researchers to make use of MaizeGDB's resources, ultimately assisting them to better study the evolution and diversity of maize.