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ArticleMolecular cytogenetics2021

About classical molecular genetics, cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic data not considered by Genome Reference Consortium and thus not included in genome browsers like UCSC, Ensembl or NCBI.

Thomas Liehr

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Article in Molecular cytogenetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas LiehrJena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Am Klinikum 1, 07747, Jena, Germany. Thomas.Liehr@med.uni-jena.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1672-3054
Jena University Hospital · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Genome Reference Consortium (GRC) has according to its own statement the "mission to improve the human reference genome assembly, correcting errors and adding sequence to ensure it provides the best representation of the human genome to meet basic and clinical research needs". Data from GRC is included in genome browsers like UCSC (University of California, Santa Cruz), Ensembl or NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) and are thereby bases for scientific and diagnostically working human genetic community.

methodHere long standing knowledge deriving from classical molecular genetic, cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic data, not being considered yet by GRC was revisited.

resultsThere were three major points identified: (1) GRC missed to including three chromosomal subbands, each, for 1q32.1, 2p21, 5q13.2, 6p22.3 and 6q21, which were defined by International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (ISCN) already back in 1980s; instead GRC included additional 6 subbands not ever recognized by ISCN. (2) GRC defined 34 chromosomal subbands of 0.1 to 0.9 Mb in size, while it is general agreement of cytogeneticists that it unlikely to detect chromosomal aberrations below 1-2 Mb in size by GTG-banding. And (3): still all sequences used in molecular cytogenetic routine diagnostics to detect heterochromatic and/ or pericentromeric satellite DNA sequences within the human genome are not included yet into human reference genome. For those sequences, localization and approximate sizes have been determined in the 1970s to 1990, and if included at least ~ 100 Mb of the human genome sequence could be added to the genome browsers.

conclusionOverall, taking into account the here mentioned points and correcting and including the data will definitely provide to the still not being completely finished mapping of the human genome.

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Genome Reference Consortium (GRC)International System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (ISCN)International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature (ISCN)Satellite DNASubbands

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