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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>There appears to be some inconsistency as to whether the xref_id of a DisplayXRef<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(for a gene etc.) is added to the object_xref table.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This seems to vary across version and between ‘ensembl’ and ‘ensemblgenomes’ databases.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am guessing that DisplayXRefs IDs are held to be ‘special’ and generally not added to the object_xref table, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>because they are held directly in the Gene and Transcript tables.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone know if this is meant to be the rule?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Trevor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Trevor Paterson PhD<br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:trevor.paterson@roslin.ed.ac.uk"><span style='color:blue'>trevor.paterson@roslin.ed.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Bioinformatics <br>The Roslin Institute<br>Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies<br>University of Edinburgh<br>Easter Bush<br>Midlothian<br>EH25 9RG<br>Scotland UK<br><br>phone +44 (0)131 651 9157<br><br><a href="http://bioinformatics.roslin.ed.ac.uk/"><span style='color:blue'>http://bioinformatics.roslin.ed.ac.uk/</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland with registration number SC005336</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br><b>Disclaimer:This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the recipient(s) to whom they are addressed. If you have received it in error, please destroy all copies and inform the sender.</b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>