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Quality control in the discovery, reporting, and recording of genomic variation.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2000
Cotton R G, Horaitis O
Abstract excerpt
The usefulness of any database is dependent on the quality of its content. This is so for mutation databases and has been a continuing concern for those interested in such databases. This article discusses the critical points that determine the quality of the data, such as PCR errors, incomplete scanning, examination of the effect of the variation, and reporting and deposition of the mutations in a database. To...
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