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Rapidly evolving human promoter regions

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Figure 1: Comparison of substitution rate between promoter and paired, local intronic alignments.

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M.S.T. and N.G. are supported by Wellcome Trust Program Grant GR078968. C.A.M.S. is supported by the UK Medical Research Council.

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  1. European Molecular Biology Laboratory European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, Cambridge, UK

    Martin S Taylor, Tim Massingham & Nick Goldman

  2. RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-0045, Kanagawa, Japan

    Yoshihide Hayashizaki

  3. Genome Science Laboratory, Discovery and Research Institute, RIKEN Wako Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, 351-0198, Saitama, Japan

    Piero Carninci

  4. Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK

    Colin A M Semple

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Taylor, M., Massingham, T., Hayashizaki, Y. et al. Rapidly evolving human promoter regions. Nat Genet 40, 1262–1263 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1108-1262

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