A comparative study of conservation and variation scores.

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Published in BMC Bioinformatics on July 21, 2010

Authors

Fredrik Johansson1, Hiroyuki Toh

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. fredjoha@gmail.com

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