High-resolution mapping of expression-QTLs yields insight into human gene regulation.

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Published in PLoS Genet on October 10, 2008

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Jean-Baptiste Veyrieras1, Sridhar Kudaravalli, Su Yeon Kim, Emmanouil T Dermitzakis, Yoav Gilad, Matthew Stephens, Jonathan K Pritchard

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1: Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. jb.veyrieras@gmail.com

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