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Javier TamamesJavier TamamesAlfonso Valencia

subject

Gene nomenclatureHuman genomeComputational biologyBiologyNomenclatureHuman genetics

description

Current usage of gene nomenclature is ambiguous and impairs the efficient handling of scientific information. Therefore it is important to propose guidelines to deal with this problem. This study attempts to evaluate the success of HUGO nomenclature for human genes. The results indicate that HUGO guidelines are not supported by the scientific community.

https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2006-7-5-402