The Role and Challenges of Exome Sequencing in Studies of Human Diseases

Recent advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have transformed the genetics study of human diseases; this is an era of unprecedented productivity. Exome sequencing, the targeted sequencing of the protein-coding portion of the human genome, has been shown to be a powerful and cost...

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Main Authors: Zuoheng eWang, Xiangtao eLiu, Bao-Zhu eYang, Joel eGelernter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2013.00160/full