| Glossary Term | Ancestor |
| Definition |
In MGI, this term refers to terms in a hierarchical controlled vocabulary such as those containing Gene Ontology (GO), Mammalian Phenotype Ontology, and Adult Mouse Anatomical Dictionary terms. An "ancestor" of a term is a term any number of levels above it in the hierarchy from which it is descended. For example, the GO term enzyme [GO:0003824] is an ancestor to the GO term alcohol dehydrogenase [GO:0004022]. See also: |
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO) |
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