The Human Variome Project (HVP) 2009 Forum "Towards Establishing Standards"

• Published in: Human Mutation Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 366 - 367
• Main Authors: Howard, Heather J., Horaitis, Ourania, Cotton, Richard G.H., Vihinen, Mauno, Dalgleish, Raymond, Robinson, Peter, Brookes, Anthony J., Axton, Myles, Hoffmann, Robert, Tuffery-Giraud, Sylvie
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2010; Hindawi Limited; Wiley
• Subjects: Algorithms; Databases, Genetic; DNA Mutational Analysis; genetic disease; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genetic Variation; Genome, Human; Genomics - standards; Humans; HVP; Life Sciences; Mutation; Phenotype; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Sequence Analysis, DNA; SNP

The May 2009 Human Variome Project (HVP) Forum “Towards Establishing Standards” was a round table discussion attended by delegates from groups representing international efforts aimed at standardizing several aspects of the HVP: mutation nomenclature, description and annotation, clinical ontology, m...