Gene expression differences among primates are associated with changes in a histone epigenetic modification.

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Published in Genetics on February 14, 2011

Authors

Carolyn E Cain1, Ran Blekhman, John C Marioni, Yoav Gilad

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1: Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. ccain@uchicago.edu

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