COMPARING AND ANALYSING GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS ACROSS ANIMAL SPECIES USING 4DXPRESS

High-resolution spatial information on gene expression over time can be acquired through whole mount in-situ hybridisation experiments in animal model species such as fish, fly or mouse. Expression patterns of many genes have been studied and data has been integrated into dedicated model organism databases like ZFIN for zebrafish, MEPD for medaka, BDGP for drosophila or MGI for mouse. Nevertheless, a central repository that allows users to query and compare gene expression patterns across different species has not yet been established. For this purpose we have integrate