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Challenges and standards in integrating surveys of structural variation.

ABSTRACT: There has been an explosion of data describing newly recognized structural variants in the human genome. In the flurry of reporting, there has been no standard approach to collecting the data, assessing its quality or describing identified features. This risks becoming a rampant problem, in particular with respect to surveys of copy number variation and their application to disease studies. Here, we consider the challenges in characterizing and documenting genomic structural variants. From this, we derive recommendations for standards to be adopted, with the aim of ensuring the accurate presentation of this form of genetic variation to facilitate ongoing research.

SUBMITTER: Scherer SW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2698291 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Challenges and standards in integrating surveys of structural variation.

Scherer Stephen W SW Lee Charles C Birney Ewan E Altshuler David M DM Eichler Evan E EE Carter Nigel P NP Hurles Matthew E ME Feuk Lars L

Nature genetics 20070701 7 Suppl

There has been an explosion of data describing newly recognized structural variants in the human genome. In the flurry of reporting, there has been no standard approach to collecting the data, assessing its quality or describing identified features. This risks becoming a rampant problem, in particular with respect to surveys of copy number variation and their application to disease studies. Here, we consider the challenges in characterizing and documenting genomic structural variants. From this, ...[more]

PMID: 17597783

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