Welcome to FlyTED

FlyTED, the Drosophila Testis Gene Expression Database, is a public database currently containing 1,947 mRNA in situ images and ancillary data revealing the extent of expression of 623 individual genes involved in spermatogenesis in the testis of the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, both in normal wild type flies and in seven meiotic arrest mutant strains. An explanatory diagram showing the stages of spermatogenesis in the fruit fly can be viewed here.

This dataset was generated between 2003 and 2008 by Elizabeth Benson, Elin Gudmannsdottir and Helen White-Cooper in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, with funding from the UK's BBSRC. The FlyTED Database was developed by the Image Bioinformatics Research Group in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford (IBRG), with funding from the UK's BBSRC.

* Browse by Gene Name	Browse items in FlyTED by the gene name.
* Browse by Strain	Browse items in FlyTED by the meiotic arrest strain of fly used.
* Browse by Expression Location	Browse items in FlyTED by the gene expression location defined by the Drosophila Anatomy Ontology.
* Related Links	Links to related Drosophila image collections and data.
* About the Dataset	Information about the dataset and the methodology used to create the gene expression images in FlyTED.
* About the Database	Information about this database, including copyright and license details.

This is Release 1.1 of FlyTED Database. We welcome feedbacks. This page is best viewed using Mozilla/Firefox.

The FlyTED Database and all images and data within it are protected under database and copyright laws, and are copyright © University of Oxford. The Drosophila images and data contained within the FlyTED Database are published to advance academic research. They may be freely downloaded, but must not be republished by any physical or electronic means, either in their original or derivative form, without the express written permission of their author Dr Helen White-Cooper.