Argudas: arguing with gene expression information

Abstract. In situ hybridisation gene expression information helps biologists identify where a gene is expressed. However, the databases that republish the experimental information are often both incomplete and inconsistent. This paper examines a system, Argudas, designed to help tackle these issues. Argudas is an evolution of an existing system, and so that system is reviewed as a means of both explaining and justifying the behaviour of Argudas. Throughout the discussion of Argudas a number of issues will be raised including the appropriateness of argumentation in biology and the challenges faced when integrating apparently similar online biological databases.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: CORR
• Authors: Kenneth McLeod, Gus Ferguson, Albert Burger
• Keywords: CORR 2010, Education, Expression Information, Online Biological Databases, Situ Hybridisation Gene