Ultraconservation of enhancers is not ultranecessary

Maureen Pittman^{1

2}, Katherine S Pollard^{3

4

5}

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¹ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Gladstone Institute of Data Science & Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. katherine.pollard@gladstone.ucsf.edu.
⁴ Gladstone Institute of Data Science & Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA. katherine.pollard@gladstone.ucsf.edu.
⁵ Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA. katherine.pollard@gladstone.ucsf.edu.

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Maureen Pittman et al. Nat Genet. 2021 Apr.

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. 2021 Apr;53(4):429-430.

doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00839-6.

Maureen Pittman^{1

2}, Katherine S Pollard^{3

4

5}

¹ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Gladstone Institute of Data Science & Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. katherine.pollard@gladstone.ucsf.edu.
⁴ Gladstone Institute of Data Science & Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA. katherine.pollard@gladstone.ucsf.edu.
⁵ Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA. katherine.pollard@gladstone.ucsf.edu.

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Ultraconserved enhancer function does not require perfect sequence conservation.
Snetkova V, Ypsilanti AR, Akiyama JA, Mannion BJ, Plajzer-Frick I, Novak CS, Harrington AN, Pham QT, Kato M, Zhu Y, Godoy J, Meky E, Hunter RD, Shi M, Kvon EZ, Afzal V, Tran S, Rubenstein JLR, Visel A, Pennacchio LA, Dickel DE. Snetkova V, et al. Nat Genet. 2021 Apr;53(4):521-528. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00812-3. Epub 2021 Mar 29. Nat Genet. 2021. PMID: 33782603 Free PMC article.

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