How Are Databases of Variants Used to Help Find Disease

question 9

Multiple Choice

How are databases of variants used to help find disease gene candidates?

• A)Variants from individuals that do not have the syndrome can be used to eliminate those variants as involved in causing the disease.
• B)They can indicate the probability of different variants appearing in a population.
• C)Variants from individuals that do not have the syndrome are not useful for this purpose.
• D)They can indicate rare variants that will help with the genetic identification of individuals.