Evidence codes are attached to an annotation to describe what type of evidence supports the association between the gene, QTL, strain or other data object and the ontology/vocabulary term. Many evidence codes used at RGD come from the GO Consortium (http://www.geneontology.org/GO.evidence.shtml). The following is a list of evidence codes that can be found in annotations at RGD:
Experimental Evidence Codes:
EXP: Inferred by EXPeriment
IAGP: Inferred by Association of Genotype with Phenotype
IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay
IED: Inferred from Experimental Data
IEP: Inferred from Expression Pattern
IGI: Inferred from Genetic Interaction
IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction
Computational Analysis Evidence Codes:
IBA: Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
IBD: Inferred from Biological aspect of Descendant
IGC: Inferred from Genomic Context
IKR: Inferred from Key Residues
IRD: Inferred from Rapid Divergence
ISO: Inferred from Sequence Orthology
ISS: Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
RCA: Inferred from Reviewed Computational Analysis
Author Statement Evidence Codes:
NAS: Non-traceable Author Statement
TAS: Traceable Author Statement
Curator Statement Evidence Codes:
IC: Inferred by Curator
ND: No biological Data available
Automatically-assigned Evidence Codes:
IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation
High Throughput Evidence Codes:
HTP: Inferred from High Throughput exPeriment
HMP: Inferred from High throughput Mutant Phenotype
HGI: Inferred from High throughput Genetic Interaction
HDA: Inferred from High throughput Direct Assay
HEP: Inferred from High throughput Expression Pattern