MorphoBank

MorphoBank provides a digital archive of biodiversity and evolutionary research data, specifically systematics (the science of determining the evolutionary relationships among species). MorphoBank aids development of the Tree of Life - the genealogy of all living and extinct species. Heritable features - both genotypes (e.g., DNA sequences) and phenotypes (e.g., anatomy, behavior, physiology) are stored as part of the Tree of Life project. While the genomic part of this work is archived at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), MorphoBank is part of the infrastructure for storing and sharing phenotype data, including information on anatomy, physiology, behavior and other features of species. One can think of MorphoBank as two databases in one: one that permits researchers to upload images and affiliate data with those images (labels, species names, etc.) and a second database that allows researchers to upload morphological data and affiliate it with phylogenetic matrices. In both cases, MorphoBank is project-based, meaning a team of researchers can create a project and share the images and associated data exclusively with each other. When a paper associated with the project is published, the research team can make their data permanently available for view on MorphoBank where it is now archived. The phylogenetic matrix aspect of MorphoBank is designed to aid systematists working alone or in teams to build large phylogenetic trees using morphology (anatomy, histology, neurology, or any aspect of phenotypes) or a combination of morphology and molecular data.MorphoBank是一座面向生物多样性与演化研究数据的数字档案馆，其核心覆盖领域为系统分类学（systematics）——即探明物种间演化关系的科学。MorphoBank助力生命之树（Tree of Life）项目的开发，该项目旨在构建涵盖所有现存与灭绝物种的谱系树。可遗传特征既包括基因型（genotype，如DNA序列），也包括表型（phenotype，如解剖结构、行为模式、生理特征），均作为生命之树项目的组成部分予以存储。该工作的基因组相关数据已存档于美国国家生物技术信息中心（National Center for Biotechnology Information, NCBI），而MorphoBank则承担了存储与共享表型数据的基础设施职能，涵盖物种解剖、生理、行为及其他各类特征的相关信息。可以将MorphoBank视作一体化双数据库系统：其一支持研究人员上传图像及其关联数据（如标注信息、物种名称等）；其二可让研究人员上传形态学数据，并将其与系统发育矩阵（phylogenetic matrices）进行关联。两种运行模式均基于项目开展：研究团队可创建专属项目，并仅在团队内部共享图像及关联数据。当该项目对应的研究论文正式发表后，研究团队可将相关数据永久公开至MorphoBank平台进行存档。MorphoBank的系统发育矩阵模块专为系统分类学家设计，支持单人或团队研究人员利用形态学数据（解剖学、组织学、神经学或其他表型特征），或形态学与分子数据结合的方式，构建大型系统发育树。

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MorphoBank是一个专注于生物多样性和进化研究的数字档案库，用于存储和共享表型数据（如解剖学、行为学等），支持系统学项目团队协作。它允许研究人员上传图像、形态数据并与系统发育矩阵关联，项目数据在论文发表后可永久公开归档。