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Copy number variant detection from targeted DNA sequencing
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what is resolution in cnv? #681

Open jeongmeani opened 2 years ago

jeongmeani commented 2 years ago

Hi,

i'm confused with term 'resolution' in cnv. what does it mean exactly?

Jeongmin

jlchen5 commented 2 years ago

In particular, we successfully inferred copy number at equivalent to 100-kilobase resolution genome-wide from a platform targeting as few as 293 genes.

from the abstract in CNVkit: Genome-Wide Copy Number Detection and Visualization from Targeted DNA Sequencing