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This website is an attempt to gather and catalog information on
mammalian reproductive genetics. The funding for the creation and
maintenance of this site comes from The Specialized Cooperative
Centers Program in Reproduction Research (SCCPRR) of the Reproductive
Sciences Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development (NICHD). Our mission is to capture and organize the
information in this field in ways that existing general purpose
databases such as GeneBank, Unigene, and The Jackson Lab currently do
not. We hope to encompass the entire genetic process of
reproduction. The site will eventually include all the major systems
relevant to mammalian reproduction: the hypothalamic/pituitary/gonadal
axis, gamete differentiation, and secondary reproductive organs. We
intend to focus initially on mammalian reproductive genetics, but
eventually hope to integrate other vertebrate and nonvertebrate
systems. The website will contain databases of all existing mutants,
gene expression patterns and regulatory information, gene array data,
links to the primary literature, and a protein linkage map of the
spermatozoan. Suggestions, comments, and criticisms are actively encouraged. Please visit our feedback page at your convenience.
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