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Table 2 Data field names and description of the QTL annotation database table.

From: Two new ArrayTrack libraries for personalized biomedical research

Field Name

Field Description

Tax_ID

Species taxonomy ID

External_ID

QTL’s ID assigned by the data source

Entrez_Gene_ID

QTL’s gene ID assigned by NCBI

Symbol

QTL representation symbol (short name)

QTL_Name

QTL full name (long description)

Chromosome

The chromosome that the QTL is positioned on

Strand

The chromosome strand that the QTL is positioned on

cM_Position

Estimated centiMorgan (cM) position on the chromosome

Chr_Start

Base pair starting position on the chromosome

Chr_End

Base pair ending position on the chromosome

Pos_Method

How position is determined

Ref_Pubmed

PubMed IDs for the original papers detailing the QTL

Synonyms

Other symbols may have been used

Phenotypes

Phenotype ontology annotation

Candidate Genes

Candidate genes mentioned by original papers