
Keywords: muddled language
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Muddled genetic terms miss and mess the messageVihinen, M, Trends in Genetics, 31:423-425. 2015.![]() A critical aspect of science is the clear communication of complicated matters. However, language is often ambiguous, and the message can get lost in the telling. In particular, genetic terms can have different meanings for different people. Here, I discuss this problem and ... Keywords: clarity of presentation, genetic terms, HGNC, HGVS nomenclature, Human Variome Project, muddled language, systematics, Variation Ontology |

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