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Glossary Term

Glossary
Term
Name MGI Glossary
Definition
  1. In MGI usage, a gene "name" is a word or phrase that uniquely identifies a gene. The gene name has an abbreviation that is the gene symbol.
  2. In MGI usage, an allele "name" is a word or phrase that uniquely identifies a particular allele of a gene. The allele name has an abbreviation that is the allele symbol.
Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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04/03/2013
MGI 5.12 		The Jackson Laboratory