kristoff@GENBANK.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson) (01/16/91)
A new version of the Drosophila Redbook is available for ftp from
genbank.bio.net in pub/db/redbook. A copy of the README file follows.
*** PLEASE NOTE *** that we are under restrictions from Academic Press
regarding this databank. Individuals are allowed to retrieve copies
for their own use, but those who wish to put copies up for
redistribution at other ftp sites or mail servers must first contact
Academic Press for permission as described below.
My thanks to Professor Douglas Brutlag at Stanford for his efforts in
arranging for the availability of this databank on the GenBank On-line
Service.
Sincerely,
Dave Kristofferson
GenBank Manager
kristoff@genbank.bio.net
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The Genome of Drosophila melanogaster
by
Dan Lindsley and Georgina Zimm
Academic Press
Through the generosity of the authors Drs. Dan Lindsley and
Georgina Zimm and the publishers, Academic Press, we are making a
prerelease of the text of the book "The Genome of Drosophila
melanogaster" available for anonymous FTP on GenBank. This is an
updated and greatly expanded version of the classical Redbook of
Drosophila genetics entitled "Genetic Variations of Drosophila
melanogaster by Lindsley and Grell". Much of this text has also
appeared earlier in DIS. (This prerelease contains up-to-date
information on all loci beginning with the letters A-R and updated
material on loci from S-Z. The final version of the text will be
released when the book goes to press.)
These files have been made available only for downloading from
GenBank and NOT for redistribution to other sites. Those wishing to
distribute these files must contact Phyllis B. Moses (Academic Press,
New York, 212 614-3155) for written permission.
The book is divided into 40 files which are arranged
alphabetically according to locus. They are located on
/gos/public/pub/db/redbook and take up 4.2 megabytes. Since much of
the "Genome of Drosophila melanogaster" is free text, these files can
be most readily accessed by using text search and indexing methods
such as grep or IRX on a Unix workstation, On Location or Gopher on a
Macintosh or ZYIndex on an IBM PS/2. If these is sufficient interest
GenBank can also make the "Genome of Drosophila melanogaster"
available as an IRX database on the GenBank computer. Please send a
message to brutlag@genbank.bio.net if you would be interested in
having the "Genome of Drosophila melanogaster" available on GenBank as
an IRX indexed database.
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