Currently, we use the term "pathogenicity" to indicate whether a variant in a gene has an influence on the phenotype or not. As this term is confusing, not neutral, and incorrectly refers to a disease state, it seems better to use a more neutral term. The suggestion is to use "affects function."
Keywords: classification; database; genetics; mutation; pathogenicity; variant.
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