Gene nomenclature by default, or BLASTing to Babel

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The current proliferation of mammalian genomes is creating a nomenclature issue caused by naming genes based on their best BLAST hit to a gene in another annotated genome. The rat genome is relying heavily on the mouse genome for nomenclature, but not all rat gen...

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Main Author: Nelson David R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-09-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.humgenomics.com/content/2/3/196