A survey of DNA methylation polymorphism identifies environmentally responsive co-regulated networks ofepigenetic variation in the human genome
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE76836 | GEO | 2017/12/31
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA352697
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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