Supplementary data need to be kept in public repositories (original) (raw)

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The reality of the genomics age is that there are many very large data sets that are most usefully saved and manipulated in electronic form. Many journals add online ‘supplementary material’ to articles as a service to authors wishing to publish volumes of such data that cannot be accommodated within the body of an article.

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  1. Bioinformatics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    Carlos Santos & David J. States
  2. The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, USA, Maine
    Judith Blake
  3. Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    David J. States

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  1. Carlos Santos
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  3. David J. States

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Santos, C., Blake, J. & States, D. Supplementary data need to be kept in public repositories.Nature 438, 738 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/438738a

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