Currently, we are setting up the national database GenDiB. In GenDiB, existing but not centralised georeferenced data on the genetic diversity of natural populations in Switzerland will be stored and made publicly available. This will meet the currently unmet community need for such a database to massively improve the life cycle of genetic diversity research data and promote the practice of open research data. More information will follow soon!

Data contribution

Data sets that fulfill the following criteria are suitable for our study:

  • Geo-referenced, natural populations in Switzerland.
  • At least one of the following types of marker polymorphisms (from nuclear or organelle genomes): Microsatellites (SSRs), amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs), single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; Sanger and next generation sequencing, SNP genotyping), structural polymorphisms, transposable elements (TEs), copy number variants (CNVs) and similar.

We appreciate further data contributions which we will document in a standardised format. The attributes to the datasets we need are compiled in a table. Please return the completed table by Email.

The collected data will be grouped by species and the localities will be displayed in an interactive map. This map is freely accessible via our project page and will contain links to the data and articles.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by email.

Obtain data

work in progress.. until further notice please send us an email request.