Genetics of human gene expression: mapping DNA variants that influence gene expression.

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Published in Nat Rev Genet on July 28, 2009

Authors

Vivian G Cheung1, Richard S Spielman

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1: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. vcheung@mail.med.upenn.edu

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