HGVS Recommendations for the Description of Sequence Variants: 2016 Update.
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den Dunnen JT
Human Genetics & Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Nederland.
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Dalgleish R
Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
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Maglott DR
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Hart RK
Invitae, Inc, San Francisco, California.
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Greenblatt MS
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.
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McGowan-Jordan J
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Roux AF
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
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Smith T
Human Variome Project International Coordinating Office, Melbourne, Australia.
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Antonarakis SE
Department of Genetic Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Taschner PE
Generade Centre of Expertise Genomics and University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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The consistent and unambiguous description of sequence variants is essential to report and exchange information on the analysis of a genome. In particular, DNA diagnostics critically depends on accurate and standardized description and sharing of the variants detected. The sequence variant nomenclature system proposed in 2000 by the Human Genome Variation Society has been widely adopted and has developed into an internationally accepted standard. The recommendations are currently commissioned through a Sequence Variant Description Working Group (SVD-WG) operating under the auspices of three international organizations: the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS), the Human Variome Project (HVP), and the Human Genome Organization (HUGO). Requests for modifications and extensions go through the SVD-WG following a standard procedure including a community consultation step. Version numbers are assigned to the nomenclature system to allow users to specify the version used in their variant descriptions. Here, we present the current recommendations, HGVS version 15.11, and briefly summarize the changes that were made since the 2000 publication. Most focus has been on removing inconsistencies and tightening definitions allowing automatic data processing. An extensive version of the recommendations is available online, at http://www.HGVS.org/varnomen.
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