OMIM
Last Updated: Aug 25, 2022 5:23 PM
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This database is freely available to the general public via the Internet.
Description
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM® is a continuously updated catalog of human genes and genetic disorders and traits, with particular focus on the molecular relationship between genetic variation and phenotypic expression. It is considered to be a phenotypic companion to the Human Genome Project. OMIM is currently biocurated at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Although you may still search OMIM through NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim), the regularly updated database and full range of search functions are now maintained at omim.org.
Dates Covered
MIM first published in 1966; OMIM updates are frequent.
Print Counterpart
Mendelian Inheritance in Man: Catalog of Autosomal Dominant, Autosomal Recessive, and X-linked Phenotypes
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