Will a genetic mutation cause trouble?

A new report published in the journal Bioinformatics by co-authors Kian Huat Lim, a graduate student, and William Fairbrother, assistant professor of biology, describe how new, free Web-based software analyzes DNA sequences to determine if mutations are likely to cause errors in splicing of messenger RNA. When gene splicing goes awry, a wide variety of diseases can result.

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