mGAP: the macaque genotype and phenotype resource, a framework for accessing and interpreting macaque variant data, and identifying new models of human disease

Abstract Background Non-human primates (NHPs), particularly macaques, serve as critical and highly relevant pre-clinical models of human disease. The similarity in human and macaque natural disease susceptibility, along with parallel genetic risk alleles, underscores the value of macaques in the dev...

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Main Authors: Benjamin N. Bimber, Melissa Y. Yan, Samuel M. Peterson, Betsy Ferguson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
SNP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5559-7