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ncbi_gene.history

NCBI Gene records for discontinued GeneIDs, one row per discontinued GeneID.

gene_id is the current replacement GeneID when NCBI provides one; it is null when the discontinued record has no replacement.

Use this table to resolve older GeneIDs before querying current NCBI Gene tables.

Not partitioned.

Column Type Description
sources STRUCT(url TEXT, filename TEXT, last_modified_at TIMESTAMPTZ, sha256 TEXT)[] Provenance for the NCBI Gene history file.
taxon_id TEXT NCBI taxonomy identifier for the species or strain associated with the discontinued gene.
gene_id TEXT Current replacement NCBI Gene identifier, if NCBI provides one.
discontinued_gene_id TEXT Discontinued NCBI Gene identifier; the unique key.
discontinued_symbol TEXT Symbol assigned to the discontinued GeneID, if supplied.
discontinued_date DATE Date NCBI discontinued or replaced the GeneID.