1. MIQAS
Jan Aerts
jan.aerts@esat.kuleuven.be
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2. 1. SCOPE
MIQAS = Minimal Information for QTL and Association
Studies
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3. 2. LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION
tab-delimited files or XML Schema
MIQAS-compliant databases:
Animal QTLdb (Iowa),ArkDB (Roslin)
MIQAS-compliant software (in progress):
QTL Express, GridQTL, MapQTL
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4. 3. STATUS & CONTRIBUTORS
Status: submitted to Heredity
Co-authored by players for:
human, mouse, cow, chicken, maize => plants + animals
Activity: low (not published yet)
de facto used at Iowa State and Roslin Institute
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