Chunk #17 — ONTOLOGY REFINEMENTS — Leveraging inter-ontology inferences

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The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine.

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GO makes extensive use of external ontologies, in particular Uberon (20), Cell Type Ontology (21), and ChEBI (13). Using external ontologies makes it easier to maintain the GO while leveraging domain experts in specific areas.