This section contains FAQs that provide information about how to use dbSNP data reports — from choosing the report that contains the data you need, to locating links available in the different reports to other online data resources. There are FAQs in this section that explain where to locate specific data in a report, and FAQs that explain class and field definitions, or point you toward resources that will describe them. There are also FAQs that will provide detailed answers to questions about different fields and sections in the RefSNP (rs) and the Submitted SNP (ss) reports, as well as FAQs that will help you interpret the sequence data provided in these reports.

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Contents

• Entrez SNP and Entrez Gene Response Pages
• Choosing the Data Report that Contains the Data You Need
• Finding Information in a dbSNP Data Report
• Compact SNP data: The Bitfield
• Custom Report Formats
• Interpreting Discrepancies in refSNP Reports
• Interpreting Discrepancies in Submitted SNP (ss) Detail Reports
• Discrepancies between Cluster Report Data and FTP Content
• Discrepancies between Cluster Report data and Other Genome Resources
• Field Definitions
• SNP Class Definitions
• Sequence Formatting in dbSNP Reports
• Batch Reports
• Displaying Reports
• Links from dbSNP Reports to Other Online Data Resources
• Links from Other Online Data Resources to dbSNP Reports
• Creating Your Own Link to a dbSNP Record
• Error Messages in refSNP Cluster Reports