Syed Haider wrote:
external_gene_id is the internalName just as we have in Biomart. Its
displayName is what you see in the web-interface as 'Gene Name'. As of
recent release (Ensembl 49), its called as 'Gene Name', prior name was
'External Gene Id'. We have kept the internalName same to keep the
namespace stable, otherwise people using perl script or web services
(e.g taverna or bioConductor) to access biomart had to update the name
in their code. 'gene_id' should be 'ensembl_gene_id'.
let me know if I misunderstood your quesiton.
I understand, many thanks for the explanations. That makes using graphical
displays a bit challenging for the novice, as the data displayed is
inconsistent between tools... I may have a hard time explaining this to our
students, but I guess it's as well they get confronted with real life
bioinformatics ;-)
best and thanks for providing BioMart, this is a great service. Sorry if I
seem to be moaning all the time (I'm French ;-) ).
I.
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