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Age The time period elapsed since an identifiable point in the life cycle of an organism. (If a developmental stage is specified, the identifiable point would be the beginning of that stage. Otherwise the identifiable point must be specified such as planting) [MGED Ontology Definition]

Amount of nucleic acid labeled The amount of nucleic acid labeled

Amplification method The method used to amplify the nucleic acid extracted

Array design The layout or conceptual description of array that can be implemented as one or more physical arrays. The array design specification consists of the description of the common features of the array as the whole, and the description of each array design elements (e.g., each spot). MIAME distinguishes between three levels of array design elements: feature (the location on the array), reporter (the nucleotide sequence present in a particular location on the array), and composite sequence (a set of reporters used collectively to measure an expression of a particular gene)

Array design name Given name for the array design, that helps to identify a design between others (e.g., EMBL yeast 12K ver1.1)

Array dimensions The physical dimension of the array support (e.g., of slide)

Array related information Description of the array as the whole Attachment How the element (reporter) sequences are physically attached to the array (e.g., covalent, ionic) Author, laboratory, and contact Person(s) and organization(s) names and details (address, phone, FAX, email, URL)

Biomaterial manipulation Information on the treatment applied to the biomaterial