The central database of Dendrome is called TreeGenes. TreeGenes is a database of genetic maps and associated information for forest trees. TreeGenes is an object-oriented database where information is displayed in multiple windows.
Users can easily navigate through the database by clicking on text, maps, and images.
The Dendrome project has modified the ACeDB schema to better suit information needs and data queries of forest tree genome researchers. TreeGenes differs from most other genome databases in that it includes data from multiple species. Knowledge of many species and their relationships is the essence of forest genetics and it is the goal of TreeGenes to catalog this diversity and provide database tools to better understand relationships. Dendrome sent out information to labs constructing RAPD maps on how to submit their mapping data to TreeGenes in November 1993. These data are beginning to be received and will be included in the next release of TreeGenes.