Guidelines on use of data in publications
Investigators using D. discoideum sequence data from this website should acknowledge the source of the information in
all publications by including the following text in either the Materials and
Methods or Acknowledgement sections:
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'Sequence data for D. discoideum was obtained from the Genome Sequencing Centre Jena website at
http://genome.imb-jena.de/dictyostelium/.
The German part of the D. discoideum Genome Project is carried out by
the Institute of Biochemistry I, Cologne and the Dept. Genome Analysis, IMB
Jena with support by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (No 113/10-1 and 10-2).'
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As a service to the biological research community, DNA sequence data produced by the German part of the Dictyostelium genome project are made available by the sequence producers before assembly, analysis and scientific publication. The Institute of Biochemistry I, Cologne and the Genome Sequencing Centre Jena do so with the understanding that these data releases do not constitute scientific publication. Furthermore, the data are released with the recognition that certain of these data are preliminary and may contain errors and possible contamination (e.g., from yeast and E. coli host strains). Once released, but prior to the publication by the sequence producers of the complete sequence or large region of the Dictyostelium genome, the data are available to all as follows:
- Users may freely download the data, use them to undertake all types of analyses, and publish scientific papers about these analyses - except as described below
- The Institute of Biochemistry I, Cologne and the Genome Sequencing Centre Jena intend to publish the completed sequence of individual chromosomes and certain large-scale analyses of the sequence in a timely manner upon the completion of sequence data acquisition. Therefore, the sole exception to the unrestricted use of these unpublished data is that the data may not be used for the initial publication of large-scale assembly or analysis of the genome. In this context, "large-scale assembly" refers to regions approaching the size of a chromosome or larger and "large-scale analysis" refers to analyses such as identification of genomic features such as genes, gene families, repeats, GC content, evolutionarily conserved regions, etc. across those regions. The Institute of Biochemistry I, Cologne and the Genome Sequencing Centre Jena are, however, open to the possibility of collaboration on such assemblies or analyses. Permission of the principal investigator should be obtained before publishing analyses of the sequence/open reading frames/genes on a chromosome or genome scale.
- The data may be repackaged in other databases, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given to the producer(s) and that this notice describing the terms of use is included.
DISCLAIMER
The GSC Jena provides these data in good faith, but makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility for any purpose for which the data is used.