Sequence variation database project at the European Bioinformatics Institute

The sequence variation project at EBI aims to create a unified resource for browsing and searching sequence differences. Technical advances in reading in new data types and in validating and cross‐referencing entries are reported. It is suggested that the hardest problems in unifying mutation databases are related to intellectual property rights. The concept of copylefting is introduced as a potential solution to these. Hum Mutat 15:52–56, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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