diff --git a/plasmid/source/html/yeastlabbrowser/body-style.css b/plasmid/source/html/yeastlabbrowser/body-style.css
index 4ef31431a536153b1c1b987b1b9666503d85de12..41c39ae7a6e1670769e4fdd61b81369b381efa63 100644
--- a/plasmid/source/html/yeastlabbrowser/body-style.css
+++ b/plasmid/source/html/yeastlabbrowser/body-style.css
@@ -103,3 +103,16 @@ background-color: white;
 .plasmid-table-data-cell {
 	overflow: hidden;
 }
+
+#plasmid-table tr:nth-child(odd) {
+  background-color:#eee;
+}
+
+#plasmid-table tr:nth-child(even) {
+  background-color:#fff;
+}
+
+#plasmid-table tr.plasmid-table-header {
+  background-color:#AAA;	
+}
+