Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature

The spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel, when used with default settings, is known to convert gene names to dates and floating-point numbers. A programmatic scan of leading genomics journals reveals that approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene na...

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Autores principales: Ziemann, Mark, Eren, Yotam, El-Osta, Assam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27552985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7
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Sumario:The spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel, when used with default settings, is known to convert gene names to dates and floating-point numbers. A programmatic scan of leading genomics journals reveals that approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene name conversions. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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