Table 2 External resources used to create SNP customised database

dbSNP

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism database

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

SNPs

GO

Gene Ontology

http://www.geneontology.org/

Genes and gene product attributes

KEGG

Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes

http://www.genome.jp/kegg/

Biological pathways

UniProt

Universal Protein Resource

http://www.uniprot.org/

Protein sequences and functional information

QTLdb⁺⁺

Animal Quantitative Trait Locus database

http://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/

Quantitative Trait Loci data (QTL)

OMIA⁺⁺

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals

http://omia.angis.org.au/

Genes, inherited disorders and traits

HomoloGene

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/homologene

Homolog detection