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Table 3 A single trait can be assessed via multiple measurements

From: The Vertebrate Trait Ontology: a controlled vocabulary for the annotation of trait data across species

Trait assessed: fear/anxiety-related behavior trait, VT:1000241

Measurements:

Amount of experiment time spent in a discrete space in an experimental apparatus

CMO:0000958

 

Number of entries into a discrete space in an experimental apparatus

CMO:0000960

 

Percentage of entries into a discrete space in an experimental apparatus

CMO:0000961

 

Defecation measurement

CMO:0000997

 

Time to first movement outside a discrete space in an experimental apparatus

CMO:0001037

 

Number of stretched-attend posture movements

CMO:0001039

 

Number of prompted entries into a discrete space in an experimental apparatus

CMO:0001040

 

Number of unprompted entries into a discrete space in an experimental apparatus

CMO:0001041

 

Number of periods of voluntary immobility

CMO:0001045

Trait assessed: lymphocyte quantity, VT:0000717

 

Measurements:

CD4 cell to CD8 cell ratio

CMO:0000598

 

CD4 cell to R73 cell ratio

CMO:0001121

 

CD8 cell to R73 cell ratio

CMO:0001122

 

R73 cell to total mononuclear cell ratio

CMO:0001120

  1. To demonstrate that these measurements are related, rather than being separate entities, the records are grouped in the PhenoMiner database using the VT term for the trait assessed.