title: The Zebrafish Information Network: the zebrafish model organism database provides expanded support for genotypes and phenotypes.
abstract: The Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN, http://zfin.org), the model organism database for zebrafish, provides the central location for curated zebrafish genetic, genomic and developmental data. Extensive data integration of mutant phenotypes, genes, expression patterns, sequences, genetic markers, morpholinos, map positions, publications and community resources facilitates the use of the zebrafish as a model for studying gene function, development, behavior and disease. Access to ZFIN data is provided via web-based query forms and through bulk data files. ZFIN is the definitive source for zebrafish gene and allele nomenclature, the zebrafish anatomical ontology (AO) and for zebrafish gene ontology (GO) annotations. ZFIN plays an active role in the development of cross-species ontologies such as the phenotypic quality ontology (PATO) and the gene ontology (GO). Recent enhancements to ZFIN include (i) a new home page and navigation bar, (ii) expanded support for genotypes and phenotypes, (iii) comprehensive phenotype annotations based on anatomical, phenotypic quality and gene ontologies, (iv) a BLAST server tightly integrated with the ZFIN database via ZFIN-specific datasets, (v) a global site search and (vi) help with hands-on resources.
authors.affiliation: The Zebrafish Information Network, 5291 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-5291, USA. judys@cs.uoregon.edu
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprague
authors.forename: Leyla
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authors.lastname: Bayraktaroglu
authors.forename: Yvonne
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authors.lastname: Bradford
authors.forename: Tom
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authors.lastname: Conlin
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: David
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authors.lastname: Fashena
authors.forename: Ken
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authors.lastname: Frazer
authors.forename: Melissa
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authors.lastname: Haendel
authors.forename: Douglas G
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authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: Jonathan
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authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Prita
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authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: Sierra A T
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Moxon
authors.forename: Christian
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authors.lastname: Pich
authors.forename: Sridhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schaper
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Segerdell
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Peiran
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Brock
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authors.lastname: Sprunger
authors.forename: Ceri E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Van Slyke
authors.forename: Monte
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authors.lastname: Westerfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005838:Genotype; D020407:Internet; D023421:Models, Animal; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*