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DbSNP

The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database (dbSNP) is a free public archive for genetic variation within and across different species developed and hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in collaboration with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).

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Data format
ASN.1, FASTA, XML
Description
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Database
Download URL
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/snp/
Organisms
Homo sapiens
Release date
1998
Research center
National Center for Biotechnology Information

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DbSNP

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples98
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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DbSNP

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related to Release · 17
DbSNP → DIP, First, Genome, However, ID, IDs, In, Multiple, New, Secondly, SNP, SNP ID, SNPs, There, These, This, When
related to Problems With Data Quality · 13
DbSNP → DNA, Errors, HapMap, However, Lee, Mitchell, Musemeci, PCRs, Similarly, SNDs, SNPs, The, These
related to 2. Tools/Data · 12
DbSNP → Another, Many, Map, NCBI, OMIM, PMC, PubMed, Sequence, Submission, The, UniGene, UniSTS
related to How to cite data from dbSNP · 11
DbSNP → Baker, ID, Individual, Kholodov, NCBI, Nucleic Acids Research, Phan, Sherry, Sirotkin, Smigielski, Ward
related to 2. Types of records · 7
DbSNP → Every, However, SNP, SNP ID, This, To, Unique
related to 1. How to · 6
DbSNP → Entrez SNP, ID, IDs, In, Searches, The
related to 1. Source · 6
DbSNP → HapMap, NCBI, Now, On September, Originally, SNP
related to Purpose · 6
DbSNP → According, In, Its, NCBI, Specifically, The
related to 3. How to submit · 5
DbSNP → DNA, Next, Other, Submitted, To
Data format · 1
DbSNP → ASN.1, FASTA, XML

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refsnp variation ncbi number snps data records submissions also snp information available database nucleotide research single sequences submitted cluster id

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DbSNPData formatASN.1, FASTA, XML1.00infobox
DbSNPDescriptionSingle Nucleotide Polymorphism Database1.00infobox
DbSNPDownload URLftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/snp/1.00infobox
DbSNPOrganismsHomo sapiens1.00infobox
DbSNPPrimary citation.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
DbSNPRelease date19981.00infobox
DbSNPResearch centerNational Center for Biotechnology Information1.00infobox
DbSNPWeb service URLEUtils SOAP1.00infobox
DbSNPWebsitencbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/1.00infobox
physical mappinginstance ofaccess to the molecular variation cataloged within dbSNP aids basic research0.80text
population geneticsinstance ofaccess to the molecular variation cataloged within dbSNP aids basic research0.80text
investigations into evolutionary relationshipsinstance ofaccess to the molecular variation cataloged within dbSNP aids basic research0.80text

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