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The implications of ENCODE for diagnostics

Large-scale functional genomics data coupled with whole-genome sequencing will lead to improved diagnostic assays.

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Fratkin, E., Bercovici, S. & Stephan, D. The implications of ENCODE for diagnostics. Nat Biotechnol 30, 1064–1065 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2418

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