Standardized gene naming is crucial for effective communication about genes, and as genomics becomes increasingly important in health care, the need for a consistent language to refer to human genes becomes ever more essential. Here, we present the current HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) guidelines for naming not only protein-coding genes but also RNA genes and pseudogenes, and we outline the changes in approach and ethos that have resulted from the discoveries of the past few decades.

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人类基因命名准则。

标准化的基因命名对于有效地沟通基因至关重要，而且随着基因组学在医疗保健中变得越来越重要，对于使用一致的语言来引用人类基因的需求变得越来越重要。在这里，我们介绍了当前的HUGO基因命名委员会（HGNC）指南，不仅命名蛋白质编码基因，还命名RNA基因和假基因，并且概述了过去几十年的发现导致方法和精神的变化。