The Rat Genome Database (RGD) was established in 1999 and rapidly became the premier site for genetic, genomic, phenotype, and disease-related data generated from rat research. In addition, RGD has expanded to include a large body of structured and standardized data for eight species (rat, mouse, human, chinchilla, bonobo, 13-lined ground squirrel, dog and pig). Much of this data is the result of manual curation work by RGD curators. In other instances, it has been imported into RGD from other databases through custom ELT (Extract, Load and Transform) pipelines giving RGD users integrated access to a wide variety of data to support their research efforts. RGD also offers a growing suite of innovative tools for querying, analyzing and visualizing this data making it a valuable resource for researchers worldwide.

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The Year of the Rat: The Rat Genome Database at 20: a multi-species knowledgebase and analysis platform.
Smith JR, Hayman GT, Wang SJ, Laulederkind SJF, Hoffman MJ, Kaldunski ML, Tutaj M, Thota J, Nalabolu HS, Ellanki SLR, Tutaj MA, De Pons JL, Kwitek AE, Dwinell MR, Shimoyama ME.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 Nov 12. pii: gkz1041. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz1041.
PMID:31713623