MODs allow researchers to easily find background information on large sets of genes, efficiently plan experiments, integrate their data with existing knowledge, and formulate new hypotheses .
[1][2] They allow users to analyse results and interpret datasets, and the data they generate are increasingly used to describe less well studied species.
[1] Where possible, MODs share common approaches to collect and represent biological information.
Projects also exist to enable software sharing for curation, visualization and querying between different MODs.
[1] Model organism databases generate, source and collate species-specific information integratively by combining expert knowledge with literature curation and bioinformatics.