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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2019

Mendelian Gene Discovery: Fast and Furious with No End in Sight.

Michael J Bamshad, Deborah A Nickerson, Jessica X Chong

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Article in American journal of human genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 153 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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153citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

153 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michael J BamshadDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Brotman-Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: mbamshad@uw.edu.
Deborah A NickersonDepartment of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Brotman-Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Jessica X ChongDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Brotman-Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Funding

UW Center for Mendelian GenomicsU54HG006493 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAMSHAD, MICHAEL JOSEPH, NICKERSON, DEBORAH A · 2012 to 2015
$20.0M
UW Center for Mendelian GenomicsUM1HG006493 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAMSHAD, MICHAEL JOSEPH, LEAL, SUZANNE M · 2016 to 2020
$15.3M
NHGRI NIH HHS U54 HG006493NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG006493
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene discovery for Mendelian conditions (MCs) offers a direct path to understanding genome function. Approaches based on next-generation sequencing applied at scale have dramatically accelerated gene discovery and transformed genetic medicine. Finding the genetic basis of ∼6,000-13,000 MCs yet to be delineated will require both technical and computational innovation, but will rely to a larger extent on meaningful data sharing.

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Genome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumans

Identifiers

PMID31491408
PMCPMC6731362

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