BreakDancer: an algorithm for high-resolution mapping of genomic structural variation

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Structural variationIndelBiologyComputational biologyGenomeGeneticsCopy-number variationHuman genomeChromosomal translocationGene

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Washington University in St. Louis US

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Year: 2009
Type: article
Volume: 6
Issue: 9
Pages: 677-681
Citations: 1555
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                                    Ken Chen, 
                                
                                    John W. Wallis, 
                                
                                    Michael D. McLellan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2009). 
                            BreakDancer: an algorithm for high-resolution mapping of genomic structural variation. 
                            Nature Methods
                            , 6
                            (9)
                            , 677-681.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1363
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1363