Ancient mtDNA Week 5
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Database Evaluation
General information about the database
- Name: Ancient mtDNA Database
- Database was chosen from the Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue Table of Contents 2019.
- type of Database
- It is a Database of Ancient mitochondrial DNA. The Database is built up of secondary source information curated by the research team under Dr. Edvard Ehler from the Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Institute of Molecular Genetics at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, working with a team from Anna Juras ancient DNA lab, Institute of Anthropology, UAM, Poznan, Poland.
- Information on data sources found in the journal article AmtDB: a database of ancient human mitochondrial genomes or on database website Ancient mtDNA by clicking the tab FAQ & Help then viewing the references section. The Information on who currated the database can be found on the database website Ancient mtDNA under the contact tab.
- It is a Database of Ancient mitochondrial DNA. The Database is built up of secondary source information curated by the research team under Dr. Edvard Ehler from the Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Institute of Molecular Genetics at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, working with a team from Anna Juras ancient DNA lab, Institute of Anthropology, UAM, Poznan, Poland.
- what organization maintains the Database
- The Database is maintained by the research team under Dr. Edvard Ehler from the Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Institute of Molecular Genetics at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, working with a team from Anna Juras ancient DNA lab, Institute of Anthropology, UAM, Poznan, Poland.
- This information was found on the Ancient mtDNA database site under the contact tab.
- The Database is maintained by the research team under Dr. Edvard Ehler from the Laboratory of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Institute of Molecular Genetics at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, working with a team from Anna Juras ancient DNA lab, Institute of Anthropology, UAM, Poznan, Poland.
- What is their funding source
- "Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [ELIXIR-CZ project LM2015047, part of the international ELIXIR infrastructure, under the Projects CESNET, LM2015042]; Polish National Science Center [2014/12/W/NZ2/00466]. Funding for open access charge: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic"
- Information found on the journal article AmtDB: a database of ancient human mitochondrial genomes
- "Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [ELIXIR-CZ project LM2015047, part of the international ELIXIR infrastructure, under the Projects CESNET, LM2015042]; Polish National Science Center [2014/12/W/NZ2/00466]. Funding for open access charge: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic"
Scientific quality of the database
- Does the content appear to completely cover its content domain?
- How many records does the database contain?
- What claims do the database owners make about coverage in the corresponding paper?
- What species are covered in the database? (If it is a very long list, summarize.)
- Is the database content useful? I.e., what biological questions can it be used to answer?
- Is the database content timely?
- Is there a need in the scientific community for such a database at this time?
- Is the content covered by other databases
- How current is the database?
- When did the database first go online?
- How often is the database updated?
- last update?
General utility of the database to the scientific community
- Other links to Databases
- The site is linked to ELIXER Czech Republic
- It is also linked to the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences website
- It is very easy to browse data on this site. The data is able to be searched, advanced searched and viewed by location on a map.
- Is it easy to download data
- Downloading data is Fairly easy as well there is a clear way under the actions option to do just that. You can even select which sequences you would like and then only download those.
- The Data can be downloaded under the standard forms of Fasta sequences (.fasta) or as a .CVS file.
- Evaluate if it is user friendly
- is it well organized
- does it have help section or tutorial
- Is there search options
- Run a sample query. did it work
- Access is there any licensing agreement or restrictions
Summary judgment
- Would you direct a college in a different field to this site
- Is this a professional or hobby site?
Acknowledgements
References
user:Msamdars Eyoung20 user page
