title: Gene name errors are widespread in the scientific literature.
abstract: The spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel, when used with default settings, is known to convert gene names to dates and floating-point numbers. A programmatic scan of leading genomics journals reveals that approximately one-fifth of papers with supplementary Excel gene lists contain erroneous gene name conversions.
authors.affiliation: Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, The Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ziemann
authors.affiliation: Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, The Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia.|Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
authors.forename: Yotam
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.affiliation: Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, The Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia. Assam.El-Osta@bakeridi.edu.au.|Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia. Assam.El-Osta@bakeridi.edu.au.
authors.forename: Assam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Osta
mesh_terms: D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D011642:Publications; D012984:Software; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Gene symbol; Microsoft Excel; Supplementary data