Genome-wide comparison of EpiSC lines derived from fertilized (FT) and somatic cell nuclear transfer (NT) embryos
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE17402 | GEO | 2010/02/05
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA118849
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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