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Current protocols in human genetics - 18 Oct 2017
Sobreira Nara L M, Arachchi Harindra, Buske Orion J, Chong Jessica X, Hutton Ben, Foreman Julia, Schiettecatte François, Groza Tudor, Jacobsen Julius O B, Haendel Melissa A, Boycott Kym M, Hamosh Ada, Rehm Heidi L
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In well over half of the individuals with rare disease who undergo clinical or research next-generation sequencing, the responsible gene cannot be determined. Some reasons for this relatively low yield include unappreciated phenotypic heterogeneity; locus heterogeneity; somatic and germline mosaicism; variants of uncertain functional significance; technically inaccessible areas of the genome; incorrect mode of...
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