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Simple Search

Simple searching is available here and also near the top right of every OMIA page. Fields included in the simple search are trait name, species common name, species scientific name and gene symbol. Multiple search terms can be combined with "OR" or "AND". A search with no search term will return all records in the database.

Exhaustive Search

Fields included in the exhaustive search are trait name, trait species-specific name, trait summary, trait symbol, species common name, species scientific name, gene symbol, gene description, marker, clinical features, genetic testing, inheritance details, molecular genetics, genetic mapping, history, control, pathology, prevalence, article title, article publisher, article author, breed name. Multiple search terms can be combined with "OR" or "AND".

Advanced Search

The advanced search function can be used to refine your search, or to search with keywords, author names, disease categories, or data within other fields. The advanced search also allows multiple search terms to be combined with AND logic. You may search specific text fields with key words or phrases. You may also enter just a portion of the key word, for a broader search. Wild-card symbols are not required.

Searching for an author name will retrieve all of the traits or diseases that have been linked to papers by that author.

The OMIA database has also classified some diseases or traits into categories. These categories can be searched for using the "category" option below.

Trait name: Type in a term that is part of a trait name; e.g. "myopathy"
Trait id (OMIA id): Type in one or more comma-separated numbers each of which is a trait record identifer (OMIA id); e.g. "001081" or "001081,001199"
Species-specific trait name: Type in a term that is part of a species-specific trait name; e.g. "Alport syndrome"
Species-specific trait summary: Type in a term that is part of a species-specific trait summary; e.g. "causative mutation"
Species-specific trait symbol: Type in a term that is part of a species-specific trait symbol; e.g. "HFMD"
Species NCBI taxonomy id: Type in one or more comma-separated numbers each of which is a record identifer in the NCBI taxonomy database; e.g. "9913" or "9913,9615"
Species scientific name: Type in a term that is part of a species scientific (binomial) name; e.g. "taurus"
Species common name: Type in a term that is part of a species common name; e.g. "cow"
Marker: Type in a term that is part of the field describing markers for a trait; e.g. "RFLP"
Clinical features: Type in a term that is part of the field describing clinical features of a trait; e.g. "seizure"
Genetic testing: Type in a term that is part of the field describing genetic testing for a trait; e.g. "genotyping test"
Mode of inheritance: Choose a mode of inheritance
Inheritance details: Type in a term that is part of the field describing genetic inheritance of a trait; e.g. "low heritability"
Molecular genetics: Type in a term that is part of the field describing molecular genetics of a trait; e.g. "nonsense mutation"
Genetic mapping: Type in a term that is part of the field describing genetic mapping of a trait; e.g. "long arm of chromosome 1"
History: Type in a term that is part of the field describing the history of a trait; e.g. "Darwin"
Control: Type in a term that is part of the field describing control of a trait; e.g. "detection of carriers"
Pathology: Type in a term that is part of the field describing pathology of a trait; e.g. "pulmonary oedema"
Prevalence: Type in a term that is part of the field describing prevalence of a trait; e.g. "Netherlands"
Model of human disease: Choose "yes" to find records which have are cross-referenced to MIM (i.e. can be considered as models of human disease); choose "no" to exclude these records
MIM id: Type in aone or more comma-separated numbers each of which is a MIM (Mendelian Inheritance in Man) record identifer ; e.g. "104000" or "104000,605080"
Considered a defect: Choose "yes" to find records which are considered a defect
Mendelian trait/disorder: Choose "yes" to find records which are known to be Mendelian traits/disorders
Key mutation known: Choose "yes" to find records for which the key mutation of the trait is known
Gene id: Type in one or more comma-separated numbers each of which is a record identifer in the NCBI gene database; e.g. "280706" or "280706,403554"
Gene symbol: Type one or more comma-separated gene symbols; e.g. "TG" or "TG,TYR"
Gene synonym: Search gene synonyms as well as gene symbols
Gene description: Type in a term that is part of a gene description; e.g. "thyroglobulin"
Breeds: Type in a term that is part of a breed name; e.g. "Nubian"
Article pubmed id: Type in one or more comma-separated numbers each of which is an NCBI PubMed identifier; e.g. "7198647" or "7198647,22065099"
Article author: Type in a term that is part of an author name; e.g. "Smith" or "Smith, P"
Article title: Type in a term that is part of an article title; e.g. "birth weight"
Article keyword: Type in a keyword that is associated with an article; e.g. "wool"
Category: Choose a category
Created on or before: Choose latest allowable record creation date
Created on or after: Choose earliest allowable record creation date
Last modified on or before: Choose latest allowable date of last modification of record
Last modified on or after: Choose earliest allowable date of last modification of record
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