Which of the following is least effective in evaluating thyr…

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Which оf the fоllоwing is leаst effective in evаluаting thyroid metastasis?

Whаt s the first step in а PDCA cycle?

One оf the biggest chаllenges in genetics is tо determine the relаtiоnship between genetic vаriants and phenotypes. To learn more about these relationships, researchers often sequence the DNA of individuals and then analyze the DNA variant data. For this exam, you will be provided with DNA variant data for four individuals from the same family: a mother, a father, a son, and a daughter. The DNA variant data are provided in Variant Call Format (VCF) files. Like we’ve discussed in the course, VCF files contain multiple “metadata” or header lines that each start with one or more # characters. The remaining lines contain variant data: each variant is listed on a separate line. The CHROM column indicates the chromosome name, the POS column indicates the chromosome position, the REF column indicates the reference allele, and the VAR column indicates the alternative (variant or mutated) allele. So, if I say an “A” is mutated to a “T”, then “A” will appear in the REF column and “T” in the VAR column. The FILTER column indicates whether or not each variant passed the quality-control test. Variants that passed the quality-control test have a value of PASS. Variants that failed the quality-control test have a value of NO PASS. The variant-data columns are tab-delimited. Below are two (small) example VCF files. (Even though the columns may not line up perfectly on the printed page, the variant columns are separated by single tabs.) You do not need to do any error checking on command lines, and all files are tab-delimited. You cannot assume that all characters in all files will be uppercase or lowercase. Example VCF files (note that on the computer, the columns may not line up perfectly visually, even though they are still separated by a single tab): VCF_file1.vcf ##header line 1##other stuff that you don’t have to know##another header line##blah blah blah#CHR      POSITION  REF  VAR  FILTER   chr1      3675      a    g    PASS     chr1      3789      T    G    pass     chr7      787879    T    C    NO PASS  chr7      787882    C    A    PASS     CHR10     6321      A    C    PASS     chr11     55        T    C    PASS      VCF_file2.vcf ##header garbage##other stuff that you don’t have to know and is really annoying##another header line##blah blah blah##who thought of this file format anyway#Chr      POSITION  REF  VAR  FILTER   chr1      3675      A    G    PASS     chr1      3789      T    G    PASS     chr7      787879    T    C    PASS     chr7      787883    C    A    PASS     chr11     55        T    C    PASS     chr22     54321     G    C    NO PASS