Taking stock of our models: the function and future of stock centres.
Stock centres for our animal models are as important as other scientific resources, such as the primary literature or genome databases. But they need forward planning, international cooperation and secure funding to keep pace with the explosion in functional genomics that relies so heavily on them.
Rosenthal
Nadia
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Mouse Biology Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, via Ramarini 32, 00016 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy. rosenthal@embl-monterotondo.it
Ashburner
Michael
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D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D005823:Genetics / Q000639:trends*; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic