Exome sequencing as a tool for Mendelian disease gene discovery

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Exome sequencingExomeBiologyMendelian inheritanceComputational biologyMissing heritability problemGeneticsDNA sequencingGenomeGenomicsHuman genomeDiseaseGeneHuman geneticsPhenotypeGenetic variantsGenotypeMedicine

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Year: 2011
Type: review
Volume: 12
Issue: 11
Pages: 745-755
Citations: 1667
Access: Closed

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                                    Michael J. Bamshad, 
                                
                                    Sarah Ng, 
                                
                                    Abigail W. Bigham
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Exome sequencing as a tool for Mendelian disease gene discovery. 
                            Nature Reviews Genetics
                            , 12
                            (11)
                            , 745-755.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3031
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nrg3031