Article
DNA pooling in mutation detection with reference to sequence analysis.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2000
Amos C I, Frazier M L, Wang W
Abstract excerpt
We discuss pooling methods of mutation detection for identifying rare mutations. We provide mathematical formulae for obtaining the optimal pool size as a function of the mutation frequency in the study population and the specificity of the test. The optimal pool size depends strongly on the specificity of the test. With a test that has 99% specificity, pooling can reduce the number of tests that need to be...
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