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Statistics & files

The Statistics & downloads page contains tables with breakdown statistics by locus group and locus type of the number of approved symbol reports we have within the database. The tables also contain icons shown below, which enable users to download the data in text (tsv) or JSON format.

The icons are as follows:

Above the tables there is a drop down menus that allow you to select a specific chromosome which will change the table statistics to show the data for the selected chromosome.

Beneath the tables we also have text (tsv) and JSON files for our complete VGNC dataset, our gene groups dataset and our locus specific database links set.

Fields within the tsv and JSON files

taxon_id
Taxon ID. The taxonomy identitifier for the species the gene belongs to. This taxon ID is taken from the NCBI taxonomy browser.
vgnc_id
VGNC ID. A unique ID created by the VGNC for every approved symbol.
symbol
The VGNC approved gene symbol. Equates to the "Approved symbol" field within the gene symbol report.
name
VGNC approved name for the gene. Equates to the "Approved name" field within the gene symbol report.
locus_group
A group name for a set of related locus types as defined by the VGNC (e.g. pseudogene).
locus_type
The locus type as set by the VGNC.
status
Status of the symbol report, which can be either "Approved" or "Entry Withdrawn".
location
Cytogenetic location of the gene (e.g. 2q34).
location_sortable
Same as "location" but single digit chromosomes are prefixed with a 0 enabling them to be sorted in correct numerical order (e.g. 02q34).
alias_symbol
Other symbols used to refer to this gene as seen in the "Alias symbols" field in the gene symbol report.
alias_name
Other names used to refer to this gene as seen in the "Alias names" field in the gene symbol report.
prev_symbol
Gene symbols previously approved by the VGNC for this gene. Equates to the "Previous symbols" field within the gene symbol report.
prev_name
Gene names previously approved by the VGNC for this gene. Equates to the "Previous names" field within the gene symbol report.
gene_group
The gene group name as set by the VGNC and seen at the top of the gene group reports.
gene_group_id
ID used to designate a gene group the gene has been assigned to.
date_approved_reserved
The date the entry was first approved.
date_symbol_changed
The date the approved symbol was last changed.
date_name_changed
The date the approved name was last changed.
date_modified
Date the entry was last modified.
ensembl_gene_id
Ensembl gene ID. Found within the "Gene resources" section of the gene symbol report.
ncbi_id
NCBI gene ID. Found within the "Gene resources" section of the gene symbol report.
uniprot_ids
UniProt protein accession. Found within the "Protein resource" section of the gene symbol report.
pubmed_id
Pubmed and Europe Pubmed Central PMID(s).
bgd_id
Symbol used within the Bovine Genome Database for the gene
horde_id
Symbol used within HORDE for the gene
hgnc_orthologs
HGNC database IDs. Found within the "Orthologs" section of the gene symbol report.