Gene Ontology

ontology for describing the function of genes and gene products
Place ontology Q135085
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology

Summary

Gene Ontology is a Q141432253[1]. It draws 359 Wikipedia views per month (ontology category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gene Ontology's instance of is recorded as Q141432253[3].
  • Gene Ontology's instance of is recorded as OBO Foundry ontology[4].
  • Gene Ontology's maintained by is recorded as Suzi Aleksander[5].
  • Gene Ontology's developer is recorded as Gene Ontology Consortium[6].
  • Gene Ontology's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International[7].
  • Gene Ontology is part of Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry Ontologies[8].
  • Gene Ontology is part of OBO Foundry[9].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-03-28[10].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-06-03[11].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-06-04[12].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-06-08[13].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-07-10[14].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-08-10[15].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-09-10[16].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-10-07[17].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-11-14[18].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-11-19[19].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-12-12[20].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-12-26[21].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2019-01-10[22].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2019-02-07[23].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2019-03-19[24].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2019-05-09[25].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2019-06-10[26].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2019-07-01[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry Ontologies[8] and OBO Foundry[9], a community[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Q141432253[3] and OBO Foundry ontology[4].

Why It Matters

Gene Ontology draws 359 Wikipedia views per month (ontology category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Exact match http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MI_0448
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2888]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MI_0448"
  2. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    License
    Contributor to the creative work or subject Pascale Gaudet, Tony Sawford, Nicolas Matentzoglu +24
    Replaces Subcellular anatomy ontology
    Main subject gene, gene product, biological process +2
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q141432253]]"
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