RGD Data Release
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RGD will periodically release its data to this directory. 
All data use tab as a delimitor unless otherwise noted.
See http://labs.rgd.mcw.edu for technical discussion

News
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10/13/2007
- Updated STRAINS file. New STRAINS.xml file with the same data. 
  These files will again be updated weekly. 

10/12/2007 

- Updated QTL file. 
- ReMoved GENES file as the new GENES_* files replaced this file. 

See: http://labs.rgd.mcw.edu/?q=node/14 for details . This file format may change. 

10/8/2007

- New Labs site at http://labs.rgd.mcw.edu/ for technical discussion of RGD and upcoming tools. 
  Sponsored by RGD developers and Curators. 

4/20/2007 Added files: 

GENES_HUMAN  - Newly formatted GENES export for Human ( tab seperated ) 
GENES_MUS    - Newly formatted GENES export for Mouse ( tab seperated ) 
GENES_RATTUS - Newly formatted GENES export for Rattus ( tab seperated ) 

These will be updated weekly

Files:
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ESTS
SSLPS 
QTLS - tab seperated file of all QTLS for all species 

4/15/2002
MAP_DATA

5/15/2001
SSLPS_ALLELES

Other data files are generated for specific data exchange purpose.

ESTS_ncbi_exchange.csv: for NCBI usage
GENES_MGD: for MGD/RATMAP/LocusLink usage

Other files : 
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README.txt 		- This file
ESTS_NCBI
GENE_REF_ID_2_PUBMED_ID

ESTS_ncbi_exchange.csv: for NCBI usage
GENES_MGD: for MGD/RATMAP/LocusLink usage

HISTORY
HS_PW.txt
MAP_DATA
Mm_PW.txt
PW_Introduction.doc
REF_ID_2_PUBMED_ID
Rn_PW.txt
SSLPS_ALLELES
STRAINS
genbank_to_gene_ids.txt
gene_association_rgd.txt
pathway.obo - Pathway Ontology File maintained by Victoria Petri
Other data files are generated for specific data exchange purpose.