Abstract
In situ hybridization gene expression information helps biologists identify where a gene is expressed. However, the databases that republish the experimental information are often both incomplete and inconsistent. This presentation examines a system, Argudas, designed to help tackle these issues. Argudas is an evolution of an existing system, and so that system is reviewed as a means of both explaining and justifying the behavior of Argudas. Throughout the discussion of Argudas a number of issues will be raised including the appropriateness of argumentation in biology and the challenges faced when integrating apparently similar online biological databases.
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McLeod, K. Argudas: arguing with gene expression information. Nat Prec (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.5394.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2010.5394.1