A structure-based search engine for phylogenetic databases

Huiyuan Shan, K. G. Herbert, W. H. Piel, D. Shasha, J. T.L. Wang

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Abstract

Phylogenetic trees are essential for understanding the relationships among organisms or taxa. Many of the current techniques for searching phylogenetic repositories allow the user to perform a keyword-type search or an aligned sequence data search, or to browse a hierarchical list of taxa. Here we describe a new search engine that allows the user to present an example phylogeny, or a query tree, and then searches a phylogenetic database for trees that contain the query structure. The presented search engine is fully operational and is available on the World Wide Web.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 14th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM 2002
EditorsJessie Kennedy
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages7-10
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)0769516327
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Event14th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM 2002 - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Duration: Jul 24 2002Jul 26 2002

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM
Volume2002-January
ISSN (Print)1099-3371

Other

Other14th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh, Scotland
Period7/24/027/26/02

Keywords

  • Computer science
  • Databases
  • Genetic mutations
  • History
  • Organisms
  • Phylogeny
  • Search engines
  • Search methods
  • Visualization
  • Web sites

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Information Systems

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