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How Do I use RGD to address my scientific problem?
RGD is a collection of data, tools, and other web resources. This section shows you how they can be linked to answer common scientific problems. Links are provided to the more detailed help documents for individual tools and data. Areas currently covered: Genetic Mapping, Genomics, Sequences, Ontology Related Help: General question about the database, the RGD team, data, etc. can be found on the Frequently Asked Questions page. Information on the types of data stored in RGD can be found on the What is in RGD section. The tools and searching functions of RGD are covered in the Tools section. A glossary of terms and definitions is also available

Scientific Areas
Genetic Mapping		Genomics
How do I find what genes are causing a disease or phenotype? How do I find out if my gene has been mapped? How do I do a genetic mapping study? How do I select a strain for a mapping cross? How do I find polymorphic markers in my mapping cross? How do I find the software to make the maps and find the QTLs? How do I map my gene without a mapping cross?		How do I find the physical location of a gene in the rat genome? How do I determine the location of my rat gene in human, mouse? How can I find out the status of the Rat sequencing project? How do I get other information about a gene? How do I find a BAC clone or contig which contains my gene? How do I discover what SNPs have been found in a region?
Ontology		Sequences
using ontologies in RGD		doing a rat-specific BLAST PCR primer analysis predicting genes in genomic sequence
Glossary of Terms		Frequently Asked Questions