The Babel of genetic data terminology [1]

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 925-927

  Knoppers, Bartha Maria ^a   Saginur, Madelaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETICS; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SAMPLING;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 23644446862     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0805-925     Document Type: Letter

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