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Copy-number analysis goes more than skin deep

Nature Genetics volume 40, pages 5–6 (2008)Cite this article

Accurate measurements of genomic copy number polymorphisms are required to define their medical relevance, but obtaining such measurements for multiallelic copy number variants has been challenging. A copy-number study of psoriasis now sets some useful precedents for a maturing field.

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