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What should researchers retain when using predicted variant scores?

Retain the candidate identifier, reference context, model and dataset version, underlying prediction and reason for prioritization. Link any follow-up evidence separately and record unresolved questions. This provenance helps others reconstruct the analysis and prevents a convenient summary score from being mistaken for a stronger evidentiary claim.

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AlphaGenome Atlas: Nine Billion Predictions Are a Research Map, Not Nine Billion Discoveries

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