The evolution of gene expression levels in mammalian organs.

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Published in Nature on October 19, 2011

Authors

David Brawand1, Magali Soumillon, Anamaria Necsulea, Philippe Julien, Gábor Csárdi, Patrick Harrigan, Manuela Weier, Angélica Liechti, Ayinuer Aximu-Petri, Martin Kircher, Frank W Albert, Ulrich Zeller, Philipp Khaitovich, Frank Grützner, Sven Bergmann, Rasmus Nielsen, Svante Pääbo, Henrik Kaessmann

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1: Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

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