Colombia, an unknown genetic diversity in the era of Big Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Latin America harbors some of the most biodiverse countries in the world, including Colombia. Despite the increasing use of cutting-edge technologies in genomics and bioinformatics in several biological science fields around the world, the region has fallen behind in the inclusion of these approaches in biodiversity studies. In this study, we used data mining methods to search in four main public databases of genetic sequences such as: NCBI Nucleotide and BioProject, Pathosystems Resource Integration Center, and Barcode of Life Data Systems databases. We aimed to determine how much of the Colombian biodiversity is contained in genetic data stored in these public databases and how much of this information has been generated by national institutions. Additionally, we compa

SUBMITTER: Norena-P A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288850 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature