Annotated genes and nonannotated genomes: Cross-species use of Gene Ontology in ecology and evolution research

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3216-3241

  Primmer, C R ^a   Papakostas, S ^a   Leder, E H ^a   Davis, M J ^b   Ragan, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

gene annotation; genomics; ontology; proteomics; transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE ANNOTATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONTOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

GENE ANNOTATION; GENOMICS; ONTOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; ECOLOGY; GENE ONTOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION;

EID: 84879015776     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12309     Document Type: Review

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