Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes

**Semantic type:** Manufactured Object

**Definition:** A National Institutes of Health-sponsored repository established to archive, curate and distribute information produced by studies investigating the interaction of genotype and phenotype. Information in dbGaP is organized as a hierarchical structure and includes the accessioned objects, phenotypes (as variables and datasets), various molecular assay data (SNP and Expression Array data, Sequence and Epigenomic marks), analyses, and documents.

**Synonyms:** - dbGaP - dbGaP