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Two revolutionary advances in molecular biology have enabled scanning of the entire human genome for genetic variation: 1. Array-comparative genomic hybridization-microarray analysis (aCGH, CMA, microarray analysis, referred to henceforth as aCGH) that identifies altered DNA dosage. 2. Whole genome or exome sequencing (WGS or WES) that identifies nucleotide sequence changes.
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Wyandt, H.E., Wilson, G.N., Tonk, V.S. (2017). Array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization/Microarray Analysis: Interpretation of Copy Number Variants. In: Human Chromosome Variation: Heteromorphism, Polymorphism and Pathogenesis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3035-2_9
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