+OMIM is a compendium of human genes and genetic phenotypes. The full-text, +referenced overviews in OMIM contain information on all known Mendelian +disorders and over 12,000 genes. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans +Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, under +the direction of Dr. Ada Hamosh. This database was initiated in the early 1960s +by Dr. Victor A. McKusick as a catalog of Mendelian traits and disorders, +entitled Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM).
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+The OMIM data are separated into three separate tracks:
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+OMIM Alellic Variant Phenotypes (OMIM Alleles) - Variants in the OMIM
+database that have associated dbSNP identifiers.
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+OMIM Gene Phenotypes (OMIM Genes) - The genomic positions of gene
+entries in the OMIM database. The coloring indicates the associated OMIM phenotype map key.
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+OMIM Cytogenetic Loci Phenotypes: Gene Unknown (OMIM Cyto Loci) - Regions
+known to be associated with a phenotype, but for which no specific gene is known
+to be causative. This track also includes known multi-gene syndromes.
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+Clicking into the individual tracks provides additional information including display conventions.
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