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ReviewAnnual review of genomics and human genetics2020

Progress, Challenges, and Surprises in Annotating the Human Genome.

Daniel R Zerbino, Adam Frankish, Paul Flicek

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Review in Annual review of genomics and human genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Daniel R ZerbinoEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton CB10 1SD, United Kingdom; email: zerbino@ebi.ac.uk, frankish@ebi.ac.uk, flicek@ebi.ac.uk.
Adam FrankishEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton CB10 1SD, United Kingdom; email: zerbino@ebi.ac.uk, frankish@ebi.ac.uk, flicek@ebi.ac.uk.
Paul FlicekEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton CB10 1SD, United Kingdom; email: zerbino@ebi.ac.uk, frankish@ebi.ac.uk, flicek@ebi.ac.uk.

Funding

GENCODE Resource ProjectU41HG007234 · NHGRI · SANGER INSTITUTE · PI FLICEK, PAUL · 2013 to 2020
$20.3M
NHGRI NIH HHS U41 HG007234Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT108749/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our understanding of the human genome has continuously expanded since its draft publication in 2001. Over the years, novel assays have allowed us to progressively overlay layers of knowledge above the raw sequence of A's, T's, G's, and C's. The reference human genome sequence is now a complex knowledge base maintained under the shared stewardship of multiple specialist communities. Its complexity stems from the fact that it is simultaneously a template for transcription, a record of evolution, a vehicle for genetics, and a functional molecule. In short, the human genome serves as a frame of reference at the intersection of a diversity of scientific fields. In recent years, the progressive fall in sequencing costs has given increasing importance to the quality of the human reference genome, as hundreds of thousands of individuals are being sequenced yearly, often for clinical applications. Also, novel sequencing-based assays shed light on novel functions of the genome, especially with respect to gene expression regulation. Keeping the human genome annotation up to date and accurate is therefore an ongoing partnership between reference annotation projects and the greater community worldwide.

Indexed as

Genome, HumanHumansMolecular Sequence Annotationannotationgenesgenomehumanregulatory elementsvariants

Identifiers

PMID32421357
PMCPMC7116059

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