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Rat Genome Databases, Repositories, and Tools

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Rat Genomics

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2018))

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Resources for rat researchers are extensive, including strain repositories and databases all around the world. The Rat Genome Database (RGD) serves as the primary rat data repository, providing both manual and computationally collected data from other databases.

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RGD is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute on behalf of the National Institutes of Health [HL64541].

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rat Genome Database, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Stanley J. F. Laulederkind, G. Thomas Hayman, Shur-Jen Wang, Matthew J. Hoffman, Jennifer R. Smith, Elizabeth R. Bolton, Jeff De Pons, Marek A. Tutaj, Monika Tutaj, Jyothi Thota & Mary Shimoyama

  2. Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Matthew J. Hoffman & Melinda R. Dwinell

  3. Department of Physiology, Rat Genome Database, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Matthew J. Hoffman & Melinda R. Dwinell

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Laulederkind, S.J.F. et al. (2019). Rat Genome Databases, Repositories, and Tools. In: Hayman, G., Smith, J., Dwinell, M., Shimoyama, M. (eds) Rat Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2018. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9581-3_3

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