Vertebrate Trait (VT) Ontology
Enhancing the ability to standardize phenotype nomenclature

Vertebrate Trait (VT) Ontology is a controlled vocabulary for the description of traits (measurable or observable characteristics) pertaining to the morphology, physiology, or development of vertebrate organisms.

Consortium:

Iowa State University, Mouse Genome Informatics, the Rat Genome Database, European Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence (EADGENE) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) have worked together to incorporate the Mammalian Phenotype (MP) ontology and the Animal Trait Ontology (ATO) to develop a Vertebrate Trait Ontology (VT), with emphasis on morphological, physiological and developmental traits in vertebrates. This project is aimed at enhancing the ability to standardize phenotype nomenclature across species. This will undoubtedly help the animal genome community by facilitating the transfer of genomics information from some well studied species.

  • Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
  • Mouse Genome Informatics, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA
  • Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Access the data:
(Version: 2024-10-02 with 3,800 terms, updated on Oct 02, 2024)
Data release history:
v.2024-10-02 (3,800)
v.2024-09-20 (3,800)
v.2024-09-03 (3,798)
v.2024-08-29 (3,796)
v.2024-08-13 (3,796)
v.2024-07-22 (3,796)
v.2024-07-11 (3,796)
v.2024-07-08 (3,794)
v.2024-06-18 (3,794)
v.2024-06-12 (3,794)
v.2024-05-31 (3,794)
v.2024-05-15 (3,794)
v.2024-05-13 (3,791)
v.2024-04-23 (3,791)
v.2024-04-15 (3,786)
v.2024-04-01 (3,777)
v.2024-03-22 (3,771)
v.2024-03-08 (3,771)
v.2024-02-29 (3,753)
v.2024-02-27 (3,747)
v.2024-02-07 (3,743)
v.2024-01-31 (3,743)
v.2024-01-17 (3,741)
---------(earlier releases on archive)--------
v13.14: Nov 20, 2023
v13.13: Nov 16, 2023
v13.12: Oct 25, 2023
v13.11: Sep 26, 2023
v13.10: Sep 06, 2023
v13.09: Aug 22, 2023
v13.08: Aug 10, 2023
v13.07: Aug 02, 2023
v13.06: Jul 12, 2023
v13.05: Jun 30, 2023
v13.04: Jun 27, 2023
v13.02: May 22, 2023
v13.01: Apr 11, 2023
v12.10: Oct 25, 2022
v12.09: Sep 28, 2022
v12.08: Jul 19, 2022
v12.07: Jun 09, 2022
v12.06: Apr 22, 2022
v12.05: Mar 01, 2022
v12.04: Feb 25, 2022
v12.02: Feb 24, 2022
v12.01: Jan 07, 2022
v11.15: Oct 04, 2021
v11.14: Sep 28, 2021
v11.13: Sep 21, 2021
v11.12: Sep 15, 2021
v11.11: Sep 08, 2021
v11.10: Aug 06, 2021
v11.09: Aug 02, 2021
v11.08: Jun 29, 2021
v11.07: Jun 21, 2021
v11.06: Jun 08, 2021
v11.05: Apr 16, 2021
v11.04: Feb 16, 2021
v11.02: Jan 28, 2021
v11.01: Jan 21, 2021
v10.07: Nov 18, 2020
v10.06: Aug 25, 2020
v10.05: Jul 15, 2020
v10.04: May 27, 2020
v10.03: Apr 23, 2020
v10.02: Mar 04, 2020
v10.01: Jan 15, 2020
v09.05: Nov 01, 2019
v09.04: Oct 16, 2019
v09.03: Oct 04, 2019
v09.02: Sep 18, 2019
v09.01: Jun 05, 2019
v08.08: Mar 21, 2019
v08.07: Dec 04, 2018
v08.06: Oct 03, 2018
v08.05: Jul 11, 2018
v08.04: Jun 12, 2018
v08.03: May 21, 2018
v08.02: Jan 26, 2018
v08.01: Jan 23, 2018
v07.07: Nov 19, 2017
v07.06: Aug 29, 2017
v07.05: Aug 24, 2017
v07.04: May 28, 2017
v07.03: May 03, 2017
v07.02: Feb 22, 2017
v06.09: Sep 20, 2016
v06.02: Feb 17, 2016
v05.04: Jul 09, 2015
v04.11: Sep 05, 2014
v04.10: Jul 25, 2014
v03.11: Mar 27, 2013
v03.02: Jan 30, 2013
v02.35: Oct 19, 2012
v02.15: Mar 27, 2012
v01.18: Dec 12, 2011
v01.08: Oct 17, 2011
v01.05: Sep 19, 2011
v01.02: Sep 07, 2011
v01.00: Dec 14, 2009

Utility:
  • Animal QTLdb at Iowa State University search browse
  • Animal CorrDB at Iowa State University search
  • RGD at the Medical College of Wisconsin
  • OntoMaton project at Oxford University
  • VCmap tool
Publication:
Carissa A Park, Susan M Bello, Cynthia L Smith, Zhi-Liang Hu, Diane H Munzenmaier, Rajni Nigam, Jennifer R Smith, Mary Shimoyama, Janan T Eppig, James M Reecy (2013). The Vertebrate Trait Ontology: a controlled vocabulary for the annotation of trait data across species. Journal of Biomedical Semantics 2013, 4(1):13.
Contacts:
  • James Reecy (jreecyiastate.edu), Cari Park (cariparkiastate.edu), Zhiliang Hu (zhuiastate.edu)
  • Related Links:  ·  ·  CMO / LPT / LBO  ·  ·  QTLdb  ·  ·  CorrDB

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