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Macaque genome analysis will help find human disease genes

04-12-2007 · EurekAlert!

Cornell University experts in computational biology and bioinformatics have made key contributions to the analysis of the genome of the rhesus macaque.

Keywords: macaque, genome, analysis, human, disease, genes, analysi, gene

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