Genetics and genomics in brazil: A promising future

Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 280-291

  Passos Bueno, Maria Rita ^a   Bertola, Debora ^a   Horovitz, Dafne Dain Gandelman ^b   de Faria Ferraz, Victor Evangelista ^a   Brito, Luciano Abreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

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EID: 84938747335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23249269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.95     Document Type: Note

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