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Comment
. 2007 Sep;5(9):e253.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050253. Epub 2007 Sep 4.

Are "ultraconserved" genetic elements really indispensable?

Liza Gross
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Are "ultraconserved" genetic elements really indispensable?

Liza Gross. PLoS Biol. 2007 Sep.
No abstract available

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The sequence beneath the female mouse—a six-month-old homozygous knockout for “ultraconserved” element 467—which was deleted from her genome, shows the perfect preservation over 731 base pairs between the human, mouse and rat.
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