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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Benchmarking large language models for genomic knowledge with GeneTuring.

Xinyi Shang, Xu Liao, Zhicheng Ji, Wenpin Hou

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Xinyi ShangDepartment of Biostatistics, The Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.
Xu LiaoDepartment of Biostatistics, The Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.
Zhicheng JiDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Wenpin HouDepartment of Biostatistics, The Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.

Funding

Methods for inferring and analyzing gene regulatory networks using single-cell multiomics and spatial genomics dataR35GM150887 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Wenpin Hou · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Computational methods for in situ spatial transcriptomicsR35GM154865 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Zhicheng Ji · 2024 to 2026
$1.2M
Computational Methods for Inferring Single-cell DNA Methylation and its Spatial LandscapeR00HG011468 · NHGRI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HOU, WENPIN · 2022 to 2024
$747k
NHGRI NIH HHS R00 HG011468NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150887NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM154865
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Abstract

Large language models (LLMs) show promise in biomedical research, but their effectiveness for genomic inquiry remains unclear. We developed GeneTuring, a benchmark consisting of 16 genomics tasks with 1,600 curated questions, and manually evaluated 48,000 answers from ten LLM configurations, including GPT-4o (via API, ChatGPT with web access, and a custom GPT setup), GPT-3.5, Claude 3.5, Gemini Advanced, GeneGPT (both slim and full), BioGPT, and BioMedLM. A custom GPT-4o configuration integrated with NCBI APIs, developed in this study as SeqSnap, achieved the best overall performance. GPT-4o with web access and GeneGPT demonstrated complementary strengths. Our findings highlight both the promise and current limitations of LLMs in genomics, and emphasize the value of combining LLMs with domain-specific tools for robust genomic intelligence. GeneTuring offers a key resource for benchmarking and improving LLMs in biomedical research.

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BenchmarkGenomicsKnowledge baseLarge language model

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PMID36993670
PMCPMC10054955

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