The Virtual Comparative Map (VCMap) tool was originally developed by Dr. Anne K witek, Howard Jacob, and Peter Tonellato at the Medical College of Wisconsin as part of the Rat Genome Database. It was designed to explore the conserved synteny between Rat, Mouse and Human. In 2008, through a collaboration between Dr. Jim Reecy (IA State), Dr. Anne K witek (University of Iowa), Mary Shimoyama (Rat Genome D atabase), and Dr. Melinda Dwinell (Medical College of Wisconsin) the tool was updated by Bio::Neos. Genomes and annotations of additional species (Chicken, Cow, and Pig) were added to the database of information accessible to VCMap. This project is funded by USDA grant 2007-04187.
July 28, 2009
We have officially released version 1.0 of VCMap.
January 15, 2011
We have officially released version 2.0 of VCMap.
If you are experiencing any problems, please try loading the Preferen
ces Dialog (File...Preferences) and clicking the "Restore Defaults" button.
December 12th, 2011
We have officially released version 3.0 of VCMap.