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VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023 head-to-head comparison)

VARITY_R, the VARITY model for rare variants: precomputed scores, not from dbNSFP.

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Tested configuration	Protocol and dataset	AUPRC (balanced PRC-AUC over the variants both methods score: mean over 100 random downsamples to equal pathogenic and benign counts (80% of the minority class); zero-shot)	AUROC (global ROC-AUC over the variants both methods score; zero-shot)
VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023 head-to-head comparison)Evaluation	ClinVar missense pathogenicity, ESM1b head to head with one other method on the variants both score (Brandes et al. 2023 Fig. 2g,h, Supplementary Table 2), ClinVar missense variants scored by both ESM1b and VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023)	0.949 (best in column)	0.95 (best in column)
VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023 head-to-head comparison)Evaluation	HGMD/gnomAD missense pathogenicity, ESM1b head to head with one other method on the variants both score (Brandes et al. 2023 Fig. 2g,h, Supplementary Table 2), HGMD/gnomAD missense variants scored by both ESM1b and VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023)	0.939	0.935

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Configuration: VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023 head-to-head comparison)	Protocol: ClinVar missense pathogenicity, ESM1b head to head with one other method on the variants both score (Brandes et al. 2023 Fig. 2g,h, Supplementary Table 2) Dataset subset: ClinVar missense variants scored by both ESM1b and VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023)	0.949 AUPRC (balanced PRC-AUC over the variants both methods score: mean over 100 random downsamples to equal pathogenic and benign counts (80% of the minority class); zero-shot) unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source Coverage: Not reported scored / Not reported eligible	Independent external evaluation · Source checked Methods, coverage and source VARITY_R on ClinVar missense, head to head against ESM1b (Brandes et al. 2023) gfm-guides-20261014-esm1b-protocol-clinvar-head-to-head Aggregation: Not reported Brandes et al. 2023 Supplementary Table 2: full benchmark evaluations of ESM1b and all other methods · Supplementary Table 2 sheet 'Table_of_results_ClinVar' cell G46, row 'VARITY_R', column 'head2head_VEP_auc_Balanced_AUPRC'
Configuration: VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023 head-to-head comparison)	Protocol: ClinVar missense pathogenicity, ESM1b head to head with one other method on the variants both score (Brandes et al. 2023 Fig. 2g,h, Supplementary Table 2) Dataset subset: ClinVar missense variants scored by both ESM1b and VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023)	0.95 AUROC (global ROC-AUC over the variants both methods score; zero-shot) unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source Coverage: Not reported scored / Not reported eligible	Independent external evaluation · Source checked Methods, coverage and source VARITY_R on ClinVar missense, head to head against ESM1b (Brandes et al. 2023) gfm-guides-20261014-esm1b-protocol-clinvar-head-to-head Aggregation: Not reported Brandes et al. 2023 Supplementary Table 2: full benchmark evaluations of ESM1b and all other methods · Supplementary Table 2 sheet 'Table_of_results_ClinVar' cell E46, row 'VARITY_R', column 'head2head_VEP_auc_AUROC'
Configuration: VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023 head-to-head comparison)	Protocol: HGMD/gnomAD missense pathogenicity, ESM1b head to head with one other method on the variants both score (Brandes et al. 2023 Fig. 2g,h, Supplementary Table 2) Dataset subset: HGMD/gnomAD missense variants scored by both ESM1b and VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023)	0.939 AUPRC (balanced PRC-AUC over the variants both methods score: mean over 100 random downsamples to equal pathogenic and benign counts (80% of the minority class); zero-shot) unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source Coverage: Not reported scored / Not reported eligible	Independent external evaluation · Source checked Methods, coverage and source VARITY_R on HGMD/gnomAD missense, head to head against ESM1b (Brandes et al. 2023) gfm-guides-20261014-esm1b-protocol-hgmd-head-to-head Aggregation: Not reported Brandes et al. 2023 Supplementary Table 2: full benchmark evaluations of ESM1b and all other methods · Supplementary Table 2 sheet 'Table_of_results_HGMD' cell G46, row 'VARITY_R', column 'head2head_VEP_auc_Balanced_AUPRC'
Configuration: VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023 head-to-head comparison)	Protocol: HGMD/gnomAD missense pathogenicity, ESM1b head to head with one other method on the variants both score (Brandes et al. 2023 Fig. 2g,h, Supplementary Table 2) Dataset subset: HGMD/gnomAD missense variants scored by both ESM1b and VARITY_R (Brandes et al. 2023)	0.935 AUROC (global ROC-AUC over the variants both methods score; zero-shot) unitless · higher Uncertainty: Not reported by the source Coverage: Not reported scored / Not reported eligible	Independent external evaluation · Source checked Methods, coverage and source VARITY_R on HGMD/gnomAD missense, head to head against ESM1b (Brandes et al. 2023) gfm-guides-20261014-esm1b-protocol-hgmd-head-to-head Aggregation: Not reported Brandes et al. 2023 Supplementary Table 2: full benchmark evaluations of ESM1b and all other methods · Supplementary Table 2 sheet 'Table_of_results_HGMD' cell E46, row 'VARITY_R', column 'head2head_VEP_auc_AUROC'

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Genome-wide prediction of disease variant effects with a deep protein language model (Brandes et al., Nature Genetics 2023) · Original source · Version of record, Nature Genetics 55, 1512-1522 (published 2023-08-10)
Brandes et al. 2023 Supplementary Table 2: full benchmark evaluations of ESM1b and all other methods · Original source · Version of record, Nature Genetics 55, 1512-1522 (published 2023-08-10)

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Stable ID: gfm-guides-20261014-esm1b-config-varity-r

areas: dna-genomes
contexts: clinical_research
method types: supervised_machine_learning
reported name: VARITY_R
missing metadata: version: reason: unreported; note: VARITY is not in dbNSFP; the score file is not stated
parameters: VARITY scores (not from dbNSFP); source file not stated
foundation model eligible: false
training overlap: Excluded from the paper's main clinical comparison; Supplementary Table 2 note: 'Trained on ClinVar,HumsaVar, HGMD, DMS and gnomAD'
source locator: Supplementary Table 2 column vep_name 'VARITY_R' and column 'note'; Methods 'Other VEP methods'
provenance note: Scored head to head against ESM1b in Brandes et al. 2023 Supplementary Table 2 only; not part of the 19-method comparison in Fig. 2e,f.

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configuration of: VARITY
system: VARITY_R on ClinVar missense, head to head against ESM1b (Brandes et al. 2023)
system: VARITY_R on HGMD/gnomAD missense, head to head against ESM1b (Brandes et al. 2023)

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