About Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM
| Subject | Human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere. OMIA Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals is another database which might be useful. |
| Sources | Textual information, pictures, reference information and links to articles and sequence information. |
| Dates Covered | 1968 to the present. |
| Help Documents |
Available in database OMIM Tutorial Suite (www.omim.org and OpenHelix) A new face and new challenges for Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM(®). Amberger J, Bocchini C, Hamosh A. Hum Mutat. 2011 May;32(5):564-7. PMID 21472891 OMIM Query Help (NCBI) OMIM and OMIA video tutorial (NCBI) (from MIT) |
| Print Counterpart (backfiles) | Mendelian Inheritance in Man, numerous editions. Washington University Libraries probably does NOT own the most current editions. |
| Provider | McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| Access | On the web. |
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