User:OCA
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Bioinformatics Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. | Bioinformatics Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. | ||
- | Oca is the spanish word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose goose], but many suspect that it was | + | Oca is the spanish word for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose goose], |
+ | but many suspect that it was selected inspired by | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke Arthur C. Clarke]'s science-fiction novel | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke Arthur C. Clarke]'s science-fiction novel | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]. |
Revision as of 13:38, 31 March 2008
The OCA Database and Browser was developed in 1996 by Jaime Prilusky of the Bioinformatics Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Oca is the spanish word for goose, but many suspect that it was selected inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's science-fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.