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GUDMAP ontology

A high-resolution ontology has been developed by members of the GUDMAP consortium to describe the subcompartments of the developing murine genitourinary tract.

This ontology incorporates what can be defined histologically and begins to encompass other structures and cell types already identified at the molecular level.

The GUDMAP ontology encompasses Theiler stage (TS) 17-27 of development as well as the sexually mature adult. It has been written as a partonomic, text-based, hierarchical ontology that, for the embryological stages, has been developed as a high-resolution expansion of the existing Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project (EMAP) ontology.

It also includes group terms for well-characterised structural and/or functional units comprising several sub-structures, such as the nephron and juxtaglomerular complex. Each term has been assigned a unique identification number. Synonyms have been used to improve the success of query searching and maintain wherever possible existing EMAP terms relating to this organ system.

Click the following link to access paper describing the ontology:

A high-resolution anatomical ontology of the developing murine genitourinary tract.

Gene Expr Patterns. 2007 Mar 23

Click the following links to access PDF versions of the ontology broken down by organ system and Theiler stage.

Table 1. Anatomical ontology for the developing murine genitourinary tract from TS17 to TS19 presented as a flat file view and indicating unique EMAP identification numbers for each term within the ontology. syn: synonym, GROUP: group term

Table 2. Anatomical ontology for the developing murine urinary tract from TS20 to TS27 presented as a flat file view and indicating unique EMAP identification numbers for each term within the ontology. syn: synonym, GROUP: group term

Table 3. Anatomical ontology for the adult sexually mature (TS28sm) murine urinary tract presented as a flat file view and indicating unique EMAP identification numbers for each term within the ontology. syn: synonym, GROUP: group term

Table 4. Anatomical ontology for the developing murine reproductive tract (male and female) presented as a flat file view and indicating unique EMAP identification numbers for each term within the ontology. syn: synonym, GROUP: group term

Table 5. Anatomical ontology for the adult sexually mature (TS28sm) murine reproductive tract (male and female) presented as a flat file view and indicating unique EMAP identification numbers for each term within the ontology. syn: synonym, GROUP: group term