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ReviewBriefings in bioinformatics2025

A comparative review of short genetic variant databases across humans and animal species.

Samantha L Van Buren, C Titus Brown, Tomasz Szmatoła, Carrie J Finno

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Review in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Samantha L Van BurenDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616, United States.
C Titus BrownDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6001-2677
Tomasz SzmatołaCenter for Experimental and Innovative Medicine, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Rędzina 1c, 30-248 Kraków, Poland.
Carrie J FinnoDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5924-0234

Funding

Center for Equine HealthUC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Graduate Student Support Program Fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding genetic variation is necessary to unravel the complexities of evolution and diverse traits across species. Short genetic variants (<50 bp in length) represent key genomic variations that play a crucial role in shaping the genetic landscape of populations. Human short genetic variant databases are often considered the gold standard for variant repositories, and this review compares them with variant databases created for various animal species. This review examines the methodologies, data integration, and various applications that differ or align between human and animal databases. The goal is to identify challenges in leveraging genetic variation across species, recommend strategies for overcoming these challenges, and suggest future directions for research and database development.

Indexed as

Databases, GeneticGenetic VariationAnimalsHumansSpecies Specificityallele frequenciesgeneticsgenomicswhole-genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID40736747
PMCPMC12309242

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