Ultraconservation identifies a small subset of extremely constrained developmental enhancers.

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Published in Nat Genet on January 06, 2008

Authors

Axel Visel1, Shyam Prabhakar, Jennifer A Akiyama, Malak Shoukry, Keith D Lewis, Amy Holt, Ingrid Plajzer-Frick, Veena Afzal, Edward M Rubin, Len A Pennacchio

Author Affiliations

1: Genomics Division, MS 84-171, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

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