The spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel, when used with default settings, is known to convert gene names to dates and floating-point numbers. A programmatic scan of leading genomics journals reveals that approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene name conversions.
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Ziemann, M., Eren, Y., & El-Osta, A. (2016, August 23). Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature. Genome Biology. BioMed Central Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-1044-7
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