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FlyTED: the Drosophila Testis Gene Expression Database

Welcome to FlyTED

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FlyTED, the Drosophila Testis Gene Expression Database, is a public database currently containing 2,762 mRNA in situ images and ancillary data revealing the extent of expression of 817 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. The latest release of FlyTED contains 2,762 images. 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.

Cite this database Zhao et al (2009): Zhao J, Klyne G, Benson E, Gudmannsdottir E, White-Cooper H, and Shotton D. FlyTED: the Drosophila Testis Gene Expression Database. Nucleic Acids Research Database Issue 2009. doi:10.1093/nar/gkp1006

Cite the experiment protocol Morris et al (2009): Morris C, Benson E, and White-Cooper H. Determination of gene expression patterns using in situ hybridization to Drosophila testes. Nature Protocol.4(12), 1807-1819, 2009. doi:10.1038/nprot.2009.192

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* Browse by Gene NameBrowse items in FlyTED by the gene name.
* Browse by CG NumberBrowse items in FlyTED by the cg number of genes.
* Browse by StrainBrowse items in FlyTED by the meiotic arrest strain of fly used.
* Browse by Expression LocationBrowse items in FlyTED by the gene expression location defined by the Drosophila Anatomy Ontology.
* Related LinksLinks to related Drosophila image collections and data.
* About the DatasetInformation about the dataset and the methodology used to create the gene expression images in FlyTED.
* About the DatabaseInformation about this database and its implementation.
* About the Database LicensesInformation about copyright and license details.
* How to Use the DatabaseInformation about how to browse, search and programmatically access this database.
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FlyTED thumbnail images and accompanying metadata are published under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License, while higher resolution Drosophila testis gene expression images are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. Further details concerning licensing and attribution are given here.