Computational tools for comparative phenomics: The role and promise of ontologies

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 669-679

  Gkoutos, Georgios V ^a,b   Schofield, Paul N ^a   Hoehndorf, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; COMPARATIVE PHENOMICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; INFORMATION STORAGE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84867331921     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-012-9404-4     Document Type: Review

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