TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY Interpreting genetic effects through models of cardiac electromechanics
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S. A. Niederer, S. Land, S. W. Omholt, and N. P. Smith Department of Biomedical Engineering, King’s College London, King’s Health Partners, Saint Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Centre for Integrative Genetics, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway
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Interpreting genetic effects through models of cardiac electromechanics.
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