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Using ontologies: Gene ontology
As part of the introduction to ontologies in the video on the previous page, Antonia Lock briefly discussed the Gene Ontology, a species-agnostic classification scheme for gene function.
In this video, Antonia goes into more detail about the Gene Ontology and how it is used:
This video is taken from a recorded webinar. Watch the full webinar to learn more: Exploring Gene Ontology, GO annotations, tools and resources.
On the next page, we’ll discover another ontology, the Mammalian Phenotype Ontology, and learn how it is used by the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium.