From 35633ce7ac08574526e551b24e90866596e8c9dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Baudis <675030+mbaudis@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:14:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] first placeholders for variant types

---
 docs/variant-types/index.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/variant-types/index.md b/docs/variant-types/index.md
index 9a0c02b..460c0a4 100644
--- a/docs/variant-types/index.md
+++ b/docs/variant-types/index.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-# Variant Types
+# Genomic Variation Types
+
+The specific meaning of variation terms varies between different terminologies, file
+standards and biomedical domains. Here we address such ambiguities through the documentation
+of overarching concepts (e.g. "genomic deletions") and the different flavours of their
+manifestations.
 
 !!! info "Under Construction"
 
@@ -6,8 +11,38 @@
 
 ## Implemented
 
+### Allelic Sequence Variations
+
+==TBD==
+
+### Genomic Deletions
+
+#### Sequence-defined deletions
+
+==TBD==
+
+#### Copy Number Variations (CNVs)
+
+==TBD==
+
+### Genomic Duplications
+
+==TBD==
+
+#### Copy Number Variations (CNVs)
+
 ==TBD==
 
+#### Tandem Duplications
+
+==TBD==
+
+### Genomic Fusions
+
+
+
 ## For Consideration
 
+### Cytogenetic fusions and translocations
+
 ==TBD==