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. 2003;2(2):9.
doi: 10.1186/1475-4924-2-9. Epub 2003 Jun 23.

Tracking evolution's footprints in the genome

Tracking evolution's footprints in the genome

Jonathan B Weitzman. J Biol. 2003.

Abstract

The strategy of using 'phylogenetic footprinting' to find regulatory sites that are conserved between pairs of related complex genomes has led to the development of a suite of computational tools that succeed in finding functionally important transcription-factor-binding sequences.

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