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Review
. 2012 Oct;1(5):e002642.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.112.002642. Epub 2012 Oct 25.

Heuristic methods for finding pathogenic variants in gene coding sequences

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Heuristic methods for finding pathogenic variants in gene coding sequences

Monique Ohanian et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2012 Oct.
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Keywords: cardiovascular disease; genetic variants; nonsynonymous; prediction.

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Flow chart showing steps for DNA sequence analysis. ESP indicates Exome Sequencing Project; 1000G, 1000 Genomes project.

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