Welcome to the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) McClintock web portal. 

What is the McClintock Web Site?

The McClintock web site is the online portal of technical documentation targeted for non-bioinformatics (i.e. non-SP4) scientists who need to apply GCP crop informatics tools and methodology to their work. Specifically, on this web site, you will find:

• An introductory course for crop bioinformatics
• Outlines and support materials for GCP hosted SP4 tutorial workshops
• Layperson's guide to the application and usage of GCP data standards
• Information about bioinformatics protocols (e.g. for SP2 analysis)
• Links to and end user information about SP4 software, including user manuals for these tools.

  Why did we call this site McClintock?

The site is named in honor of the famous pioneering maize cytogeneticist Dr. Barbara McClintock who was awarded the  Nobel prize in  Physiology for Medicine in 1983  her ground breaking discoveries in genetic mapping of this crop species and for discovering the dynamic nature of genomes with respect to transposible elements.   Dr. McClntock passed away on on September 2, 1992 but the impact of her discoveries lives on in modern genetic resources and crop improvement research.

Who developed the McClintock site?

The tools and methodology published on this web site were developed by bioinformatics experts and software developers in the GCP Subprogramme 4 for crop informatics, in collaboration with the Subprogramme 5 for capacity building and delivery, and the other three GCP scientific-focused research subprogrammes (1 - 3).

Open Access License Agreement

You are warmly invited to freely use and/or print any of these materials for educational or other non-commercial purposes without prior permission, provided due credit is attributed.

Disclaimer

While every effort was made to ensure accuracy of information contained in this site, GCP makes no representations or warranties on its accuracy or completeness.

The resources, materials and information contained in this site are true on the time it was created. However, GCP does not warranty that the information will be kept up to date, be true and not misleading.

GCP makes no representations or liabilities on damages, whether direct or indirect, arising from the use of the information contained in this site.

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