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Considerations in assessing germline variant pathogenicity using cosegregation analysis.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Dec 2020
Belman Sophie, Parsons Michael T, Spurdle Amanda B, Goldgar David E, Feng Bing-Jian
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PURPOSE: The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) have developed guidelines for classifying germline variants as pathogenic or benign to interpret genetic testing results. Cosegregation analysis is an important component of the guidelines. There are two main approaches for cosegregation analysis: meiosis counting and Bayes factor-based...
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