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Sequence variation database project at the European Bioinformatics Institute
Author(s) -
Lehväslaiho Heikki,
Stupka Elia,
Ashburner Michael
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
human mutation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.981
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1098-1004
pISSN - 1059-7794
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-1004(200001)15:1<52::aid-humu11>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , biology , sequence (biology) , resource (disambiguation) , intellectual property , sequence database , database , bioinformatics , computational biology , computer science , genetics , gene , computer network , physics , astrophysics , operating system
The sequence variation project at EBI aims to create a unified resource for browsing and searching sequence differences. Technical advances in reading in new data types and in validating and cross‐referencing entries are reported. It is suggested that the hardest problems in unifying mutation databases are related to intellectual property rights. The concept of copylefting is introduced as a potential solution to these. Hum Mutat 15:52–56, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.