Evolutionary Characters, Phenotypes and Ontologies: Curating Data from the Systematic Biology Literature

Wasila M. Dahdul; James P. Balhoff; Jeffrey Engeman; Terry Grande; Eric J. Hilton; Cartik Kothari; Hilmar Lapp; John G. Lundberg; Peter E. Midford; Monte Westerfield; Paula M. Mabee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010708

Evolutionary Characters, Phenotypes and Ontologies: Curating Data from the Systematic Biology Literature

Wasila M. Dahdul
, James P. Balhoff
, Jeffrey Engeman
, Terry Grande
, Eric J. Hilton
, Cartik Kothari
, Hilmar Lapp
, John G. Lundberg
, Peter E. Midford
, Monte Westerfield
, Paula M. Mabee

Department of Biology

University of South Dakota
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
University of Oregon

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Original language	American English
Journal	PLOS ONE
Volume	5
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010708
State	Published - May 20 2010

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Biology
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Systems Biology

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