Improved techniques for the identification of pseudogenes

Bioinformatics

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Coin, L ^a   Durbin, R ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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ALGORITHM; CHROMOSOME 6; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; STOP CODON; TECHNIQUE;

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EID: 23944457676     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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