Refget Specifications

GA4GH · Maintained resource · Indexed 8 October 2026

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What this contributes

GA4GH refget supports unambiguous reference-sequence identifiers and retrieval.

The boundary of the evidence

Interoperability, not genetic interpretation.

Why it belongs here

Repositories, reference genomes, analysis environments and metadata APIs make research reusable. This directory connects researchers to the original providers. Keep accession numbers, software versions, consent conditions and analysis provenance with every result.

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