MorphoBank assists scientists building the Tree of Life - the genealogy of all living and extinct species. In this endeavor scientists must collect data on all heritable features - both genotypes (e.g., DNA sequences) and phenotypes (e.g., anatomy, behavior, physiology). The genomic part of this work is archived at the National Center for Biotechnology Information. MorphoBank is part of the new and growing cyberinfrastructure for phenotypes to house, save and share information on anatomy, physiology, behavior and other features of species.
MorphoBank is part of the new and growing cyberinfrastructure for phenotypes to house, save and share information on anatomy, physiology, behavior and other features of species.
Due to the nature of morphological study, likely less useful for microbiological works, interests; however, contains over 300 microbiological projects
Easy to use and freely available, regardless of institutional membership