1. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Tutorial: Retrieving Genetic Data from GERMINATE using the Perl-CG Interface

2. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Accessing a GERMINATE database with the Perl-CGI Interface Access to the Perl-CGI Interface

3. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Choice of search and browse options Browse GERMINATE Datasets

4. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Browsing Datasets – select database Select a Database

5. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE List of datasets / experiments Select a Dataset

6. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Dataset Information Dataset Information Method Informatio n Experiment Information including date and author Marker InformationLink to retrieve entire dataset Link to Microarray Image

7. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Dataset Information cont. Links to Dimensions describing the data (here the list of Accessions used in the experiment) Links to additional data describing the above dimensions or metadatasets (here spot positions of accessions on microarray) Additional Information provided for experiment (such as primer sequences and PCR annealing temperature)

8. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Dataset Information cont. Other information in database linked to this data (here map position for marker)

9. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Retrieve Dataset Links to Accession Information Allele Values Links to Institution Information which holds the collection the Accession is a part of

10. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Passport data for this Accession Accession Information Datasets having data for this Accession Comments and additional information which describes this Accession

11. Supplementary Data for GERMINATE Link to images Gel or microarray images can be stored and linked to for checking allele scores. Similarly, images can be linked to accessions to store images of plant phenotypes.