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Data quality in genomics and microarrays

Objective quality control indices are needed to facilitate clinical implementation of DNA microarrays used in transcriptional profiling as well as other types of genomic analysis.

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Figure 1: DNA microarray analysis of human tissues involves multiple steps and protocols.

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Ji, H., Davis, R. Data quality in genomics and microarrays. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1112–1113 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0906-1112

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