Gramene: development and integration of trait and gene ontologies for rice
2002
Gramene: Development and Integration of Trait and Gene Ontologies for Rice
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Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Pankaj Jaiswal, Doreen Ware, Junjian Ni, Kuan Chang, Wei Zhao, Steven Schmidt, Xiaokang Pan, Kenneth Clark, Leonid Teytelman, Samuel Cartinhour, Lincoln Stein, Susan McCouch
Primary Institution: Cornell University
Conclusion
The development of controlled vocabularies like Trait Ontology will enhance the organization and interoperability of genomic data for rice.
Supporting Evidence
- Gramene is a comparative genome database for cereal crops.
- It integrates various biological information including molecular markers and phenotypes.
- The Trait Ontology aims to facilitate phenotypic comparisons across cereal crops.
- Gramene employs controlled vocabularies to enhance data interoperability.
- Over 800 rice mutants have been curated using the Trait Ontology.
Takeaway
This study is about creating a special dictionary to help scientists understand and compare different traits of rice plants better.
Methodology
The study involved the development of Trait Ontology and Plant Ontology to curate and annotate rice genomic data.
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