Chapter 7: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM): A Directory of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIMTM) is a timely, authoritative compendium of bibliographic material and observations on inherited disorders and human genes. It is the continuously updated electronic version of Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM). MIM was last published in 1998 (1) and is authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and a team of science writers, editors, scientists, and physicians at The Johns Hopkins University and around the world (2). Curation of the database and editorial decisions take place at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. OMIM provides authoritative free text overviews of genetic disorders and gene loci that can be used by clinicians, researchers, students, and educators. In addition, OMIM has many rich connections to relevant primary data resources such as bibliographic, sequence, and map information.