Introduction to bioinformatics - National Genetics Reference ...
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Issue 2: Data Quality<br />
• Is the sequence and associated data up-<strong>to</strong>-date?<br />
• Genbank/EMBL allow direct submissions of nucleotide<br />
sequences by the scientist who actually conducted the<br />
sequencing<br />
• It is the responsibility of the author <strong>to</strong> keep the database<br />
entry up-<strong>to</strong>-date – sequence may change, features found<br />
etc.<br />
• There is no or little data quality check carried out by the<br />
hosting institutions.