Evolutionary history of regulatory variation in human populations

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue R2, 2010, Pages

  Lappalainen, Tuuli ^a   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

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TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS;

EID: 79952199374     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq406     Document Type: Article

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