Single nucleotide polymorphisms for 36 inbred strains
Skinbase
http://eulep.pdn.cam.ac.uk/~skinbase/index.php
Subdirectory of Pathbase focusing on normal and abnormal skin phenotypes in mice
Many archival databases and some reference resources are very dependent on users to curate, correct uploads, and to give them added value for a community. Databases run for the use of specific communities can provide a high degree of added value at low cost and contribute heavily to scientific sustainability. Image databases especially fall into this category and in particular need new material from experts in the field to constantly expand the resource and accurately curate the material. Pathologists can use these resources as legacy tools for extra photomicrographs they take while working up new models or defining spontaneous diseases in colonies. Such additional images can be referenced in the primary publication as being publicly available on the websites, which usually is very well received by journals and reviewers on future grant applications. Many of the current public repositories will not accept files of the size of zoomable histopathology images and limited user uploads. This, together with payment to commercial repositories is a specific problem for very image intensive histopathology and cell biology data.
