02821nas a2201033 4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260003400044100001700078700001800095700001400113700002200127700002200149700001800171700002000189700001700209700002000226700001700246700001800263700002100281700001900302700001300321700001800334700001500352700002300367700001700390700001400407700002100421700002100442700001500463700002000478700001900498700002000517700001600537700001900553700001500572700001800587700001800605700001800623700001900641700002500660700002200685700002400707700001600731700002100747700002300768700001800791700001800809700001600827700001800843700001800861700002400879700001900903700002700922700002000949700002100969700001900990700001901009700002001028700001701048700001901065700001901084700002001103700001601123700001601139700001901155700001801174700001901192700001701211700002601228700001801254700001501272700001401287700001901301700001701320700002101337700001901358700002201377700001801399700001801417700001501435700001601450245003901466856005301505300001301558490000701571520020901578 2015 d c01bPublic Library of Science1 aAndrew Deans1 aSuzanna Lewis1 aEva Huala1 aSalvatore Anzaldo1 aMichael Ashburner1 aJames Balhoff1 aDavid Blackburn1 aJudith Blake1 aGordon Burleigh1 aBruno Chanet1 aLaurel Cooper1 aMélanie Courtot1 aSándor Csösz1 aHong Cui1 aWasila Dahdul1 aSandip Das1 aAlexander Dececchi1 aAgnes Dettai1 aRui Diogo1 aRobert Druzinsky1 aMichel Dumontier1 aNico Franz1 aFrank Friedrich1 aGeorge Gkoutos1 aMelissa Haendel1 aLuke Harmon1 aTerry Hayamizu1 aYongqun He1 aHeather Hines1 aNizar Ibrahim1 aLaura Jackson1 aPankaj Jaiswal1 aChristina James-Zorn1 aSebastian Köhler1 aGuillaume Lecointre1 aHilmar Lapp1 aCarolyn Lawrence1 aNicolas Le Novère1 aJohn Lundberg1 aJames Macklin1 aAustin Mast1 aPeter Midford1 aIstván Mikó1 aChristopher Mungall1 aAnika Oellrich1 aDavid Osumi-Sutherland1 aHelen Parkinson1 aMartín Ramírez1 aStefan Richter1 aPeter Robinson1 aAlan Ruttenberg1 aKatja Schulz1 aErik Segerdell1 aKatja Seltmann1 aMichael Sharkey1 aAaron Smith1 aBarry Smith1 aChelsea Specht1 aBurke Squires1 aRobert Thacker1 aAnne Thessen1 aJose Fernandez-Triana1 aMauno Vihinen1 aPeter Vize1 aLars Vogt1 aChristine Wall1 aRamona Walls1 aMonte Westerfeld1 aRobert Wharton1 aChristian Wirkner1 aJames Woolley1 aMatthew Yoder1 aAaron Zorn1 aPaula Mabee00aFinding Our Way through Phenotypes uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1002033 ae10020330 v133 a

Imagine if we could compute across phenotype data as easily as genomic data; this article calls for efforts to realize this vision and discusses the potential benefits.