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Mouse Resources & Model Organism Links
Molecular Resources
BACs
BACPAC Resources Center (BPRC) at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)
BAC/PAC products at Invitrogen

IMAGE clones
Integrated Molecular Analysis of Genome Expression (IMAGE) Consortium
Distributors of IMAGE clones

MGC clones
Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) Project
Distributors of MGC clones
Mouse Resources
Find Mice
International Mouse Strain Resources (IMSR): database of inbred, mutant, and genetically engineered mice and ES cell lines available globally. See list of worldwide participating repositories.
Commercial vendors: Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Taconic, Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc.

Colony Management
JAX Colony Management System (JAX-CMS): a multi-user relational database management system for managing animal colonies in a research environment (USA)
MausDB: an Open-Source mouse house and phenotyping result management system (Germany)
MUSDB: Mutagenesis Universal Support DataBase (Japan)
Commercial vendors: Big Bench Software, Locus Technology, Inc., Scionics Computer Innovation GmbH
Miscellaneous Useful Tools
Ear punch codes: standard pattern for ear punch numbering in mice
G-banded Mouse Karyotype Image (University of Washington)
Mouse Electronic Bulletin Board at MGI
Mammals / Model Organism Sites
Human:
Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS): human variation databases and links
Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD): published gene lesions responsible for human inherited disease
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) - catalog of human genes and genetic disorders

Model Organisms:
Arabidopsis - TAIR: The Arabidopsis Information Resource
C. elegans: genetics and genomics
   WormBase
   Wormatlas: anatomy
   WormBook: on-line textbook
Cattle - Bovmap Database
Dog - NHGRI Dog Genome Project
Drosophila - FlyBase
Fugu - The Fugu Informatics Network
Rat - RGD: Rat Genome Database
Saccharomyces - SGD: Saccharomyces Genome Database
Zebrafish - The Zebrafish Model Organism Database

Multi-species Animal Sites:
Animal Genome Database (ArkDB) (cat, chicken, cow, deer, duck, horse, pig, quail, salmon, sea bass, sheep, turkey)
U.S. Livestock Species Genome Projects: (cattle, chicken, horse, sheep, swine, aquaculture)
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA): inherited disorders and traits in 135 animals other than human and mouse

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
04/03/2013
MGI 5.12
The Jackson Laboratory