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Does anyone know what Large Deletion when doing CNV detection is?

Hi guys,

The question is in the title.

I would really appreciate an answer :).

Thanks!!

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updated by Ram Ram • written by mafonso • mafonso

Does anyone know? Yes.

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written by karl.stamm karl.stamm

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It can be anything from deletion of several kb regions to chromosome arm loss.

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written by poisonAlien poisonAlien

But isn't that the same as CNV detection? I'm sorry, I'm a newbie in this field.

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written by mafonso • mafonso

A decrease in copy number will generally be due to a large deletion, so yes, they can be the same.

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

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