Is population frequency a useful criterion to assign pathogenicity to newly described mitochondrial DNA variants?
Abstract Population frequency has been one of the most widely used criteria to help assign pathogenicity to newly described mitochondrial DNA variants. However, after sequencing this molecule in thousands of healthy individuals, it has been observed that a very large number of genetic variants have...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-08-01
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Series: | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02428-0 |