Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5A8, Canada.
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Trends Biotechnol. 2021 May;39(5):430-433. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.10.011. Epub 2020 Nov 23.
Digital sequence information (DSI) has no clear definition. Numerous countries define DSI as a nonphysical genetic resources, such as genetic sequence data. Restricting free sharing of DSI is at odds with fundamental science core principles in disciplines like microbiology and molecular genetics. It has the potential to adversely affect international research collaborations.
数字序列信息(DSI)没有明确的定义。许多国家将 DSI 定义为非物理遗传资源,例如遗传序列数据。限制 DSI 的自由共享与微生物学和分子遗传学等学科的基础科学核心原则背道而驰。它有可能对国际研究合作产生不利影响。