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Research Community E-mail Lists
Moderated E-mail lists with archives, including mgi-list.
Nomenclature Home Page
MGI is the official site for mouse nomenclature & maintains official symbol & name designations for genes, alleles, strains.
MGI Glossary
Commonly used terms in mouse genetics.
Prototype Tools
Try new tools, check upcoming releases, send feedback.
Gene Expression Notebook (GEN)
Organize and store your expression data and submit selected data to the Gene Expression Database.
Mouse Phenome Database (MPD)
Baseline measurements on inbred strain characteristics.
Deltagen and Lexicon Knockout Mice
Available knockouts and phenotypic data.
Trans-NIH Mouse Initiatives
Contributed Data Sets
Data not directly integrated into the MGI database and contributed tools for manipulating data.
Online Books
Biology of the Laboratory Mouse edited by Earl L. Green
Mouse Genetics by Lee Silver
The Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse by Margaret J. Cook
The Coat Colors of Mice by Willys K. Silvers
Origins of Inbred Mice edited by Herbert C. Morse III
International Knockout Mouse Consortium (IKMC)
• Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP, USA)
• European Conditional Mouse Mutagenesis Program (EUCOMM)
• North American Conditional Mouse Mutagenesis project (NORCOMM)
• Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM, USA)
Community Links
Mouse Resources & Model Organism Links
Links to sites providing mouse clones, mice and ES cell lines, colony management software, and to databases of other mammals and model organisms.
Phenotypes & Mutants Community Resources
Links to mutagenesis centers, CTC, IGTC, animal resources, data submission forms, & nomenclature guidelines.
Mouse Facts
Mouse genome length, chromosomal size, codon usage, & physiology data.
Software Developer Tools
Creating Web Links to MGI
Learn how to construct a URL using Accession IDs.
Direct SQL Account
Instructions for users who wish to run SQL queries against the MGI Database.
Database Schema Browser
Search MGI's schema to formulate custom SQL queries.
All MGI Reports
Access to MGI public reports.

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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