WHAT IS NA12878?

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WHAT? Who? is NA12878? Why did NA12878 become representative? I want to know NA12878 for information! plz~ explain NA12878.!! thank u !

[4galaxy77]

'Why did NA12878 become representative' - this is actually a pretty good question and one that perhaps doesn't get asked enough when benchmarking methods.

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Just ... Tell me what you know about NA12878! As a woman of the European Antestry's household (CEPH1463) in the United States

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[John Marshall]

Also asked (with a useful answer) here: https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/57811/why-should-we-use-the-na12878-dataset-for-benchmarking