Abstract
The Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI), resource (www.informatics.jax.org) has existed for over 25 years, and over this time its data content, informatics infrastructure, and user interfaces and tools have undergone dramatic changes (Eppig et al., Mamm Genome 26:272–284, 2015). Change has been driven by scientific methodological advances, rapid improvements in computational software, growth in computer hardware capacity, and the ongoing collaborative nature of the mouse genomics community in building resources and sharing data. Here we present an overview of the current data content of MGI, describe its general organization, and provide examples using simple and complex searches, and tools for mining and retrieving sets of data.
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MGI is supported by the following NIH grants: HG000330 and HG002273 from the National Human Genome Research Institute; HD062499 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; CA089713 from the National Cancer Institute; OD011190 from the Office of the Director, Division of Comparative Medicine; and NS082666 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke.
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Eppig, J.T. et al. (2017). Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI): Resources for Mining Mouse Genetic, Genomic, and Biological Data in Support of Primary and Translational Research. In: Schughart, K., Williams, R. (eds) Systems Genetics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1488. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6427-7_3
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