Figure 6

Data mining using the ontology search tool in WormBase. (a) A user may enter a query term in the search box; in this case 'dumpy' is used as an example. Results displayed in the output include the terms that contain 'dumpy' within the term name or within its definition (highlighted in red). Clicking on the number to the right, which indicates the total number of annotations to each term, retrieves RNAi, allele (variation) and transgene objects associated with a phenotype. Displayed is a portion of the 686 annotations made to 'dumpy'. There are RNAi and variation objects associated with this term, but no transgene data. (b) Included in the ontology search output (shown here for 'dumpy') is a window that allows the user to browse the ontology. If a user clicks on a term, the children of that term are revealed as well as the number of genes associated to that term. Shown is one gene directly annotated to 'body length variant' (red arrow), but 1401 total associations are indicated, as this number includes all the annotations to the children ('dumpy', 'short', 'long' and 'small').