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September 13, 2011
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Probable evolutionary relationships across mouse strains for various traits.
Seventeen mouse strains were sequenced. The genomes of a sample of these strains were compared to identify probable evolutionary relationships across the strains for various traits. Evolutionary relationships differ for each compared trait.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
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