XGAP: A uniform and extensible data model and software platform for genotype and phenotype experiments

Genome Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Swertz, Morris A ^a,b,c   Velde, K Joeri V D ^a,b   Tesson, Bruno M ^b   Scheltema, Richard A ^b   Arends, Danny ^a,b   Vera, Gonzalo ^b   Alberts, Rudi ^d   Dijkstra, Martijn ^b   Schofield, Paul ^e   Schughart, Klaus ^d   Hancock, John M ^f   Smedley, Damian ^c   Wolstencroft, Katy ^g   Goble, Carole ^g   de Brock, Engbert O ^b   Jones, Andrew R ^h   Parkinson, Helen E ^c   Jansen, Ritsert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953191436     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2010-11-3-r27     Document Type: Article

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