Methods for Exploring Genomic Data Sets: Application to Human Endogenous Retroviruses
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Oja, M. (2007): Methods for exploring genomic data sets: application to human endogenous retroviruses. Doctoral thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, Dissertations in Computer and Information Science, Report D23, Espoo, Finland.
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