Morton N E
Department of Community Medicine, University of Southampton, U.K.
Ann Hum Genet. 1991 Jul;55(3):235-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1991.tb00418.x.
A location database is defined in linear space by a vector of genetic and physical locations for each locus, which may be ordered by virtual sorting on composite location. This contrasts with an interval database defined in metric space, for which location must be inferred by list-processing from numbered intervals which are assigned different ordinals in different tables and overlap other intervals in many ways. A location database has been used for all well-studied experimental organisms. Principles for a human genome database may be derived from this experience.
位置数据库是在线性空间中由每个基因座的遗传和物理位置向量定义的,这些位置可以通过对复合位置进行虚拟排序来排序。这与在度量空间中定义的区间数据库形成对比,对于区间数据库,位置必须通过对编号区间进行列表处理来推断,这些区间在不同的表中被赋予不同的序号,并且在许多方面与其他区间重叠。位置数据库已被用于所有经过充分研究的实验生物。人类基因组数据库的原则可以从这一经验中推导出来。