Abstract: A computer system for facilitating genetic research includes a project workflow module to define plural workflow steps; a workflow control module to provide the workflow steps and capturing research data; and a data store to store the data. The system can further include a genetic pedigree display module to display, in a genealogical orientation, entity nodes, and for at least one of the nodes, a trait symbol representing at least one trait possessed by the respective node. A trait symbol can be a trait tail, and the display module can employ parametric geometry. The system can also include an organism identification module to access an organism identifier corresponding to an organism, and to associate a representation of the identifier with a medium. The representation can be a barcode symbol or value.