Table 1.

WWW-Accessible databases of genes and development

Database	Website	Species	Ontologies			Expression	Spatial Data
			GO	AO	LFO		(xyz)
DICTYBASE	http://dictybase.org/	Dictyostelium discoideum	yes	no*	no*	ESTs	no
WORMBASE	http://www.wormbase.org/	Caenorhabditis elegans	yes	yes	yes	ISH; IHC; R; N; W; RT	no
FLYBASE	http://flybase.org/	Drosophila melanogaster	yes	yes	yes**	ISH; IHC; R; N; W; RT	no
ANISEED	http://aniseed-ibdm.univ-mrs.fr/	Ciona intestinalis	yes	yes	yes	ISH; IHC; R	yes
ZFIN	http://fin.org/	Danio rerio	yes	yes	no	A; ISH; IHC; R; N; W; RT	no
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XENBASE	http://www.xenbase.org/	Xenopus laevis	yes	no	tool	ISH; IHC; ESTs	no
SAL-SITE	http://www.ambystoma.org/	Ambystoma spp.	no	no	no	A; ESTs	no
GEISHA	http://geisha.ariona.edu/geisha/	Gallus gallus	yes	yes	no	A; ISH; ESTs	no
EMAGE	http://genex.hgu.mrc.ac.uk/	Mus musculus	yes	yes	no	ISH; IHC	yes
GUDMAP	http://www.gudmap.org/	Mus musculus	yes	yes	no	A; ISH	no
EUREXPRESS II	http://www.eurexpress.org/	Mus musculus	yes	yes	no	ISH	yes
Gene Expression in Tooth	http://www.bite-it.helsinki.fi/	Mammals	yes	no***	no***	ISH; IHC	no
Kidney Development	http://golgi.ana.ed.ac.uk/kidhome.html	Chordates	yes	no***	no***	ISH; IHC	no
Glandular Organ Development	http://www.ana.ed.ac.uk/anatomy//orghome.html	Mammals	yes	no****	no****	ISH; IHC; N; RT	no

GO, gene ontology terms; AO, anatomy ontology terms; LFO, lineage/fate ontology terms; A, cDNA microarray; ISH, in situ hybridisation; IHC, immunohistochemistry; R, reporter gene; N, Northern blot; W, Western blot; RT, reverse transcriptase PCR; EST, expression sequence tag; *phenotype ontology instead; **lineage for some structures; ***morphological staging instead; ****stage range instead