(Formerly the HUGO Mutation Database Initiative)

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Human Mutation is our Society Journal.

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To foster discovery and characterization of genomic variations including population distribution and phenotypic associations.

To promote collection, documentation and free distribution of genomic variation information and associated clinical variations

To endeavor to foster the development of the necessary methodology and informatics.

The Society is an Affiliate of the International Federation of Human Genetics Societies (IFHGS) and also the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO).

The Society runs two scientific meetings per year one as a satellite of the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting and the other as a satellite of either HUGO's Human Genome Meeting or the European society of Human Genetics annual meeting. The next meeting will be held on 31st May 2008 in Barcelona as a satellite to ESHG. The following meeting will be held in Philadelphia as a satellite to ASHG.

Members of the Society have published a number of papers in relation to human genome variation and in particularly mutation databases, these are listed in the Publications link left.

The Society maintains a substantial collection of links to mutation databases (link left) and has made recommendations for nomenclature of variations, and content of mutation databases.

To join the Society and more information such as Board of Directors, Bylaws, Membership etc. click here.