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Patterns of variation in cis-regulatory regions: examining evidence of purifying selection

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4422-y

Published Online: 2018-01-26

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Naidoo, Thijessen

Sjödin, Per

Schlebusch, Carina

Jakobsson, Mattias http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7840-7853
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Vetenskapsrådet

Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse

Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse
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Article History

Received: 19 July 2017

Accepted: 27 December 2017

First Online: 26 January 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The SNP data utilised in this study is a subset of the data prepared for Schlebusch et al. (in prep.), where DNA samples from individuals were collected with the subjects’ informed consent, and the project was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (Medical) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Protocol Number: M1604104), the Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA) and the South African San Council (SASC).

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