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Editorial
. 2016 Feb 11;12(2):e1004743.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004743. eCollection 2016 Feb.

Ten Simple Rules for Selecting a Bio-ontology

James Malone  1 , Robert Stevens  2 , Simon Jupp  1 , Tom Hancocks  1 , Helen Parkinson  1 , Cath Brooksbank  1
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Ten Simple Rules for Selecting a Bio-ontology

James Malone et al. PLoS Comput Biol. .
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