ChromoDB at the XVIII OPTIMA Meeting

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ChromoDB is being presented at the XVIII OPTIMA Meeting, highlighting the ongoing development, standardisation and dissemination of chromosome-count data for the botanical and cytogenetic communities.

New Journal Explorer and major bibliographic improvements in ChromoDB

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ChromoDB has launched a new Journal Explorer and completed a major round of bibliographic cleaning and normalisation. The new dashboard allows chromosome records to be explored by journal, while recent improvements to reference_type, journal_full and journal_short provide a substantially more consistent bibliographic framework for the database.

From ChromoDB to a family-wide cytogenetic synthesis: Nitrariaceae

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What can a curated chromosome database reveal when applied to an entire plant family?Our new Nitrariaceae study shows how ChromoDB can transform dispersed chromosome counts, genome-size data and genomic evidence into a taxonomically resolved and reusable evolutionary synthesis. The preprint and underlying dataset are now openly available: Simon Pallisé, J. & Bosch Daniel, M. (2026). … Read more

ChromoDB publishes its first dataset through GBIF

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We are pleased to announce the first publication of ChromoDB – Chromosome Database for Plant Cytogenetics through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). This initial release makes more than 206,000 plant chromosome records openly accessible through one of the world’s leading infrastructures for biodiversity data. Each record combines chromosome information with taxonomic and bibliographic data, … Read more

ChromoDB update: improving visibility, traceability and access

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ChromoDB continues to grow as an open and curated resource for plant chromosome counts, but recent work has focused not only on adding new records, but also on improving how the database is discovered, explored and cited. Several updates have been introduced to make ChromoDB more useful for both users and search engines. Individual record … Read more

ChromoDB data update: a new working release and ongoing quality control

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ChromoDB has been updated with a new working dataset of more than 130,000 chromosome-count records. This update marks an important step forward, while data curation continues, especially in bibliography, taxonomy and geographic standardization.

Göte Turesson (1892–1970) and Benedicte Turesson: Contributions to Plant Cytogenetics and Ecological Genetics

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Göte Turesson, born on April 6, 1892, in Malmö, Sweden, and deceased on December 30, 1970, in Uppsala, stands as a foundational figure in 20th-century Swedish botany and plant genetics. Educated at the University of Washington and Lund University, he later served as Professor of Systematic Botany and Genetics at Ultuna, now the primary campus … Read more

Reclaiming Lost Science: ChromoDB Completes Processing of the Fedorov Chromosome Atlas

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The ChromoDB project is pleased to announce the completion of the first major stages in the systematic integration of the foundational chromosome atlas by Fedorov et al. (1969). This massive undertaking aims to bring one of the most significant collections of cytogenetic data into a modern, interoperable framework. Phase 1 & 2: Data Processing and … Read more