The Monarch Initiative is a large scale bioinformatics web resource focused on leveraging existing
biomedical
Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine) knowledge to connect
genotypes
The genotype of an organism is its complete set of genetic material. Genotype can also be used to refer to the alleles or variants an individual carries in a particular gene or genetic location. The number of alleles an individual can have in a ...
with
phenotypes
In genetics, the phenotype () is the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism. The term covers the organism's morphology (physical form and structure), its developmental processes, its biochemical and physiological properti ...
in an effort to aid research that combats
genetic diseases
A genetic disorder is a health problem caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome. It can be caused by a mutation in a single gene (monogenic) or multiple genes (polygenic) or by a chromosome abnormality. Although polygenic disorders are ...
.
Monarch does this by integrating multi-species
genotype
The genotype of an organism is its complete set of genetic material. Genotype can also be used to refer to the alleles or variants an individual carries in a particular gene or genetic location. The number of alleles an individual can have in a ...
,
phenotype
In genetics, the phenotype () is the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism. The term covers the organism's morphology (physical form and structure), its developmental processes, its biochemical and physiological propert ...
,
genetic variant Genetic variant may refer to:
* Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), in a case it is a common genetic variant
* Mutation, in a case where it is a rare genetic variant
* Copy-number variation
* Variant (biology)
See also
* Genetic variation (disam ...
and
disease
A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function (biology), function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical condi ...
knowledge from various existing biomedical data resources into a centralized and structured database. While this integration process has been traditionally done manually by basic researchers and clinicians on a case-by-case basis, The Monarch Initiative provides an aggregated and structured collection of data and tools that make biomedical knowledge exploration more efficient and effective.
Mondo ontology
Mondo ontologyis product of the Monarch Initiative and provides harmonized disease content for diseases and disorders, both rare and common.
The rare disease subset has been published with >10.5 rare diseases, and is maintained by the community.
References
External links
Mouse Genome InformaticsZebrafish Information NetworkWormBase database of nematode biologyFlyBaseInternational Mouse Phenotyping ConsortiumMouse Phenome DatabaseOnline Mendelian Inheritance in AnimalsClinVarMendelian Inheritance in ManORPHANETProtein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships Classification SystemCoriell Institute for Medical ResearchComparative Toxicogenomics DatabaseHuman Phenotype OntologyKyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and GenomesMyGene.infoNational Center for Biotechnology InformationBioGRIDGWAS CatalogAnimalQTLdbEnsembl database of automatically annotated genomic dataGene Ontology DatabaseGene ReviewsHUGO Gene Nomenclature CommitteeMutant Mouse Resource and Research CentersReactome - a curated knowledgebase of biological pathwaysUndiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP)STRING
Biological databases
Ontology (information science)
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