Reclassifying duplication variants in high-risk cancer genes by identifying tandem duplication breakpoints

Date:
Sunday, Oct 16, 2016 11:00am – 12:00pm
Conference:
ASHG 2016
Authors:
Aaron Elliott, Adam Chamberlin, Hansook Chong, Heidi Lu, Rachid Karam, PhD, Robert Huether, Sara Willett, Stephanie Lam, Tina Pesaran, MA, MS, CGC, Wenbo Mu

Alterations in genomic copy numbers may lead to changes in gene expression and function and are known to cause various disease states including congenital anomalies, developmental disorders and numerous cancer syndromes.