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Differences that matter in cancer genomics

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    Nat. Biotechnol. 31, 892–893 (2013); doi:10.1038/nbt.2715; published online 8 October 2013; corrected after print 8 November 2013 In the version of this article initially published, on p. 892, right column, 9 lines from the bottom, the number “27” was inadvertently set as superscript. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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  1. The Genome Institute, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Li Ding & Michael C Wendl

  2. Department of Genetics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Li Ding & Michael C Wendl

  3. Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Li Ding

  4. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Li Ding

  5. Department of Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Michael C Wendl

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