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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 7, 198–210 (1 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/nrm1857

The model organism as a system: integrating 'omics' data sets

Andrew R. Joyce & Bernhard |[Oslash]|. Palsson

Many genome-scale, or 'omics', data sets are becoming available for various model organisms. Although each of these data types is valuable on its own, further insights into whole systems can be gained through the integration of omics data sets.