tooluniverse-model-organism-genetics

name	tooluniverse-model-organism-genetics
description	Cross-species genetic analysis using model organism databases (MGI mouse, ZFIN zebrafish, FlyBase fruit fly, WormBase worm, SGD yeast, RGD rat, GBIF taxonomy). Maps human genes to orthologs, retrieves phenotype/expression/functional data, assesses gene function conservation, and identifies the best animal model for studying a human gene or disease.
disable-model-invocation	true

COMPUTE, DON'T DESCRIBE

When analysis requires computation (statistics, data processing, scoring, enrichment), write and run Python code via Bash. Don't describe what you would do — execute it and report actual results. Use ToolUniverse tools to retrieve data, then Python (pandas, scipy, statsmodels, matplotlib) to analyze it.

Model Organism Genetics Pipeline

Map human genes to model organism orthologs and retrieve phenotype, expression, and functional data across six species. Synthesize cross-species evidence to assess gene function conservation and identify the best animal models for studying human genes and diseases.

Not for: human variant interpretation (tooluniverse-variant-analysis), drug target validation (tooluniverse-drug-target-validation), human disease characterization (tooluniverse-multiomic-disease-characterization).

LOOK UP, DON'T GUESS: When asked about a species' taxonomy, ecology, or biology, search GBIF/NCBI Taxonomy first. For GBIF: use GBIF_search_species(query="species name"), then use the nubKey (not key) from the result to call GBIF_get_species(speciesKey=nubKey) for full taxonomy (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family). The nubKey is the GBIF backbone key; the is dataset-specific and often lacks higher taxonomy.