Bioinformatics tools and database resources for systems genetics analysis in mice-A short review and an evaluation of future needs

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-142

  Durrant, Caroline ^a   Swertz, Morris A ^b   Alberts, Rudi ^c   Arends, Danny ^d   Möller, Steffen ^e   Mott, Richard ^f   Prins, Pjotr ^g   van der Velde, K Joeri ^d   Jansen, Ritsert C ^d   Schughart, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HZI ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g Universities of Wageningen and Groningen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Database; Mouse; QTL mapping; Systems genetics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHORT SURVEY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOFTWARE;

MUS;

EID: 84858241870     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbr026     Document Type: Short Survey

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