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Gene maps and location databases
Author(s) -
MORTON N. E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1991.tb00418.x
Subject(s) - database , sorting , computer science , locus (genetics) , metric (unit) , data mining , biology , gene , genetics , algorithm , operations management , economics
SUMMARY A location database is defined in linear space by a vector of genetic and physical locations for each locus, which may be ordered by virtual sorting on composite location. This contrasts with an interval database defined in metric space, for which location must be inferred by list‐processing from numbered intervals which are assigned different ordinals in different tables and overlap other intervals in many ways. A location database has been used for all well‐studied experimental organisms. Principles for a human genome database may be derived from this experience.