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Novel origins of copy number variation in the dog genome.
Genome biology - 23 Aug 2012
Berglund Jonas, Nevalainen Elisa M, Molin Anna-Maja, Perloski Michele, André Catherine, Zody Michael C, Sharpe Ted, Hitte Christophe, Lindblad-Toh Kerstin, Lohi Hannes, Webster Matthew T
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BACKGROUND: Copy number variants (CNVs) account for substantial variation between genomes and are a major source of normal and pathogenic phenotypic differences. The dog is an ideal model to investigate mutational mechanisms that generate CNVs as its genome lacks a functional ortholog of the PRDM...
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