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MorphoBank

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MorphoBank provides a digital archive of biodiversity and evolutionary research data, specifically systematics (the science of determining the evolutionary relationships among species). MorphoBank aids development of the Tree of Life - the genealogy of all living and extinct species. Heritable features - both genotypes (e.g., DNA sequences) and phenotypes (e.g., anatomy, behavior, physiology) are stored as part of the Tree of Life project. While the genomic part of this work is archived at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), MorphoBank is part of the infrastructure for storing and sharing phenotype data, including information on anatomy, physiology, behavior and other features of species. One can think of MorphoBank as two databases in one: one that permits researchers to upload images and affiliate data with those images (labels, species names, etc.) and a second database that allows researchers to upload morphological data and affiliate it with phylogenetic matrices. In both cases, MorphoBank is project-based, meaning a team of researchers can create a project and share the images and associated data exclusively with each other. When a paper associated with the project is published, the research team can make their data permanently available for view on MorphoBank where it is now archived. The phylogenetic matrix aspect of MorphoBank is designed to aid systematists working alone or in teams to build large phylogenetic trees using morphology (anatomy, histology, neurology, or any aspect of phenotypes) or a combination of morphology and molecular data.

Homepage https://morphobank.org/

Countries that developed this resource United States

Created in 2001

Taxonomic range

All

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Scientific Data

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: MorphoBank; MorphoBank; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.1y63n8; Last edited: Nov. 9, 2020, 5:13 p.m.; Last accessed: Jul 27 2021 5:09 p.m.

This record is maintained by MorphoBank (MorphoBank)

Record added: Dec. 7, 2016, 10:02 p.m.
Record updated: Nov. 9, 2020, 5:12 p.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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			Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA|https://www.stonybrook.edu/|Maintains
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		Before: MorphoBank is a web application providing an online database and workspace for evolutionary research in systematics (the science of determining the evolutionary relationships among species). MorphoBank invites scientists producing peer-reviewed research  to upload images and affiliate data with those images (labels, species names, etc.).  MorphoBank also offers a platform for live collaboration on phylgoenetic matrices by teams in a private workspace where they can also affiliate images with phylogenetic matrices.

MorphoBank stores digital versions of both text and image-based observations on phenotypes.  Phylogenetic matrices (Nexus or TNT format), particularly phenotypical matrices, 2D (including JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF and Photoshop) and 3D (PLY, STL, ZIP, TIFF and DCM) image data and video (MPEG-4, QuickTime and WindowsMedia).  MorphoBank also offer a Documents folder for additional files about their research such as pdfs, word documents, and text files (e.g., morphometric data, phylogenetic trees).
		After: MorphoBank provides a digital archive of biodiversity and evolutionary research data, specifically systematics (the science of determining the evolutionary relationships among species). MorphoBank aids development of the Tree of Life - the genealogy of all living and extinct species. Heritable features - both genotypes (e.g., DNA sequences) and phenotypes (e.g., anatomy, behavior, physiology) are stored as part of the Tree of Life project. While the genomic part of this work is archived at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), MorphoBank is part of the infrastructure for storing and sharing phenotype data, including information on anatomy, physiology, behavior and other features of species. 
One can think of MorphoBank as two databases in one: one that permits researchers to upload images and affiliate data with those images (labels, species names, etc.) and a second database that allows researchers to upload morphological data and affiliate it with phylogenetic matrices. In both cases, MorphoBank is project-based, meaning a team of researchers can create a project and share the images and associated data exclusively with each other. When a paper associated with the project is published, the research team can make their data permanently available for view on MorphoBank where it is now archived.

    The phylogenetic matrix aspect of MorphoBank is designed to aid systematists working alone or in teams to build large phylogenetic trees using morphology (anatomy, histology, neurology, or any aspect of phenotypes) or a combination of morphology and molecular data. 


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			Best practices for data sharing in phylogenetic research.|Cranston K,Harmon LJ,O'Leary MA,Lisle C|PLoS Curr|2014
			A RESTful API for Access to Phylogenetic Tools via the CIPRES Science Gateway.|Miller MA,Schwartz T,Pickett BE,He S,Klem EB,Scheuermann RH,Passarotti M,Kaufman S,O'Leary MA|Evol Bioinform Online|2015
			From card catalogs to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology|Mark D. Uhen, Anthony D. Barnosky, Brian Bills, Jessica Blois, Matthew T. Carrano, Marc A. Carrasco, Gregory M. Erickson, Jussi T. Eronen, Mikael Fortelius, Russell W. Graham, Eric C. Grimm, Maureen A. O'Leary, Austin Mast, William H. Piel, P. David Polly, Laura K. Saila|Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:1, 13-28|2013
			MorphoBank: phylophenomics in the cloud|O'Leary, M. A. and Kaufman, S.|Cladistics, 27: 529537|2011
			Editorial|Annalisa Berta, Paul M. Barrett|Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31:1, 1|2011
			The encyclopedia of life|Wilson, Edward O|Trends in Ecology and Evolution , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , 77 - 80|2003
			Strategies and guidelines for scholarly publishing of biodiversity data|Penev L, Mietchen D, Chavan V, Hagedorn G, Smith V, Shotton D, O Tuama E, Senderov V, Georgiev T, Stoev P, Groom Q, Remsen D, Edmunds S|Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e12431|2017
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			Best practices for data sharing in phylogenetic research.|Cranston K,Harmon LJ,O'Leary MA,Lisle C|PLoS Curr|2014
			A RESTful API for Access to Phylogenetic Tools via the CIPRES Science Gateway.|Miller MA,Schwartz T,Pickett BE,He S,Klem EB,Scheuermann RH,Passarotti M,Kaufman S,O'Leary MA|Evol Bioinform Online|2015
			From card catalogs to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology|Mark D. Uhen, Anthony D. Barnosky, Brian Bills, et al.|Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:1, 13-28|2013
			MorphoBank: phylophenomics in the cloud|O'Leary, M. A. and Kaufman, S.|Cladistics, 27: 529537|2011
			Editorial|Annalisa Berta, Paul M. Barrett|Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31:1, 1|2011
			The encyclopedia of life|Wilson, Edward O|Trends in Ecology and Evolution , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , 77 - 80|2003
			Strategies and guidelines for scholarly publishing of biodiversity data|Penev L, Mietchen D, Chavan V, Hagedorn G, Smith V, Shotton D, O Tuama E, Senderov V, Georgiev T, Stoev P, Groom Q, Remsen D, Edmunds S|Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e12431|2017
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Support

General

FAQ	MorphoBank FAQ
blog	In The News
contact form	Contact Form
online documentation	Documentation
online documentation	About MorphoBank
wikipedia	Wikipedia Entry

Additional Information

Contact

Tanya Berardini ORCID

Tools

No tools defined

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

Data Access

Browse Projects

https://morphobank.org/index.php/Projects/Index

REST Web Services

MorphoBank API

https://morphobank.org/index.php/About/api

Publications

Best practices for data sharing in phylogenetic research.

Cranston K,Harmon LJ,O'Leary MA,Lisle C
PLoS Curr 2014

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

A RESTful API for Access to Phylogenetic Tools via the CIPRES Science Gateway.

Miller MA,Schwartz T,Pickett BE,He S,Klem EB,Scheuermann RH,Passarotti M,Kaufman S,O'Leary MA
Evol Bioinform Online 2015

View Paper (PubMed) View Publication

From card catalogs to computers: databases in vertebrate paleontology

Mark D. Uhen, Anthony D. Barnosky, Brian Bills, et al.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:1, 13-28 2013

View Publication

MorphoBank: phylophenomics in the “cloud”

O'Leary, M. A. and Kaufman, S.
Cladistics, 27: 529–537 2011

View Publication

Editorial

Annalisa Berta, Paul M. Barrett
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31:1, 1 2011

View Publication

The encyclopedia of life

Wilson, Edward O
Trends in Ecology and Evolution , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , 77 - 80 2003

View Publication

Strategies and guidelines for scholarly publishing of biodiversity data

Penev L, Mietchen D, Chavan V, Hagedorn G, Smith V, Shotton D, O Tuama E, Senderov V, Georgiev T, Stoev P, Groom Q, Remsen D, Edmunds S
Research Ideas and Outcomes 3: e12431 2017

View Publication

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Credit

Record Maintainer

This record is maintained by MorphoBank (MorphoBank)

Funds

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA (Government body)
National Science Foundation (NSF), USA (Government body)
American Museum of Natural History, USA (Government body)

Maintains

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA (University)
American Museum of Natural History, USA (Government body)
MorphoBank Project (Consortium) Lead
Phoenix Bioinformatics Corporation (Company)

Grant Number(s)

DBI-1457925 (National Science Foundation (NSF), USA)
DEB-9903964 (National Science Foundation (NSF), USA)
EAR-0622359 (National Science Foundation (NSF), USA)
NA04OAR4700191 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA)

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