Genetics Wikis

A wiki is a website or database that anyone can edit who has access to contribute or modify the content.

Medical wikis, created by physicians, are databases featuring information for medical professionals or patients.

GANFYD - Genetics

• Creator: Medical professionals
• Description: "Free medical knowledge base that anyone can read and any registered medical practitioner may edit. Ganfyd is a collaborative medical reference by medical professionals and invited non-medical experts. The site is based around the wiki format, enabling true sharing of knowledge."

Medpedia - Genetics

• Creator: "Medpedia Editors are physicians and Ph.D.s in the biomedical field who have each had their credentials carefully checked and verified. They are responsible for writing, editing and overseeing the content on the medical encyclopedia portion of the Project."
• Description: "The Medpedia Project is a long-term, worldwide project to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine and the body among medical professionals and the general public. This model is founded on providing a free online technology platform that is collaborative, interdisciplinary and transparent."

SNPedia

• Creator: The community of SNPedia
• Description: "SNPedia has been launched to help realize the potential of the Human Genome Project to connect to our daily lives and well-being."

Wikigenes.org

• Creator: The community of Wikigenes
• Description: "WikiGenes is a collaborative knowledge resource for the life sciences, which is based on the general wiki idea but employs specifically developed technology to serve as a rigorous scientific tool. The rationale behind WikiGenes is to provide a platform for the scientific community to collect, communicate and evaluate knowledge about genes, chemicals, diseases and other biomedical concepts in a bottom-up process."

WikiGenetics

• Creator: editors are listed here
• Description: "WikiGenetics is an open source, user-generated encyclopedia on human genetics for the public. It provides credible and up-to-date information on human genetics."

Wikipedia

Entry on genetics and category on genetics

• Creator: The community of Wikipedia
• Description: Wikipedia is a free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit. The linked category contains all the entries written about genetics.
• Quality: Featured article

Wikimedia Commons

Media category of genetics:

• Creator: The community of Wikimedia Commons
• Description: Wikimedia Commons is the database of media content of Wikipedia.

Wikibooks

WikiBooks: Click here for all genetics-related books

• Creator: The community of WikiBooks
• Description: Genetics-related WikiBooks