Table 1.

Some of the programs that populate the database tables

Program name	Table	Behavior
dbvor createdb	all tables defined	create a database, create auser and load schemadefinitions
dbvor newmarker	markers	define new markers
dbvor missingmarkerinfo	markers, marker_info	list markers without map info for the named build
dbvor allelemap	allele_map	store genotype remapping for a marker/experiment
dbvor marker_info	marker_info	store genetic and physical position data for a specific map build
dbvor markeralias	marker_aliases	store alternate names for markers
dbvor gmimarker	marker_info	store marker mapinformation presented inGenetic Map Interpolator(GMI) format [8]
dbvor gmimarkeralias	marker_aliases	store marker aliasing data presented in GMI format
dbvor sample	samples	store sample data andassociate it with thecorresponding members
dbvor trait	traits, traitmeta	store trait values formembers
dbvor member	members	store pedigree information
dbvor memberalias	member_aliases	store alternate names for members
dbvor create_experiment	experiments	create entry in experiment table associating ID with experiment string
dbvor set_experiment_date	experiments	set date field ofspecified experiment inthe experiment table
dbvor delete_experiment	experiments	delete all genotype data for the specified experiment
dbvor set_active	genotypes	set the active flag, to turn on/off specific data