Single-nucleotide evolutionary constraint scores highlight disease-causing mutations

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Year: 2010
Type: letter
Volume: 7
Issue: 4
Pages: 250-251
Citations: 178
Access: Closed

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                                    Gregory M. Cooper, 
                                
                                    David L. Goode, 
                                
                                    Sarah Ng
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Single-nucleotide evolutionary constraint scores highlight disease-causing mutations. 
                            Nature Methods
                            , 7
                            (4)
                            , 250-251.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0410-250
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/nmeth0410-250