WebWise: Guide to the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center’s Web Site
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This installment of the WebWise series reviews the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center’s web site. When comparing this web site to the site map depicted in Figure1, you may notice that some duplicate and minor links have been omitted. The main features of this web site, as well as the features of those sites already reviewed, are indicated in Table1.
The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center Site Map. The main links to pages discussed in the text are illustrated here. Links on the top of the Home Page are to general informational resources; links located on the bottom portion are to the data and additional tools.
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Features of the BCM Web Site
General Information
The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (BCM) Home page (http://gc.bcm.tmc.edu:8088/home.html) presents a very straightforward organization. There are four stylized buttons linking to sequence data, analysis, and tools pages followed by stylized buttons linking to more general information such as the Genome Sequencing Center Personnel, BCM Departments, Computer Help, and Information about Houston (including maps). The Genome Center Computer Help page appears to be primarily for internal BCM use as it includes some information targeted toward people having a BCM account. The Genome Sequencing Center Personnel page is useful if you need contact information (http://kiwi.imgen.bcm.tmc.edu:8088/personnel.html). This page lists the names, titles, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of the Center’s personnel from the Director, Dr. Richard Gibbs, on down. The Usage Statistics link located at the bottom of the Home page brings you to a page that should have current usage statistics but has not been updated in a long time.
Data
Follow the BCM Human Genome Sequencing link from the Home page to access the sequence data. The BCM sequencing effort is focused on two regions of …
