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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.

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