Genome sequencing and comparison of two nonhuman primate animal models, the cynomolgus and Chinese rhesus macaques
Yan Guang-meiGuojie ZhangXiaodong FangYanfeng ZhangCai LiFei LingD.N. CooperQiye LiYán LiAlain J. van GoolHongli DuJiesi ChenRonghua ChenPei ZhangZhiyong HuangJohn Ryan ThompsonYuhuan MengYinqi BaiJufang WangMin ZhuoTao WangYing HuangLiqiong WeiJianwen LiYidong WangHaofu HuPengcheng YangLiang LePeter D. StensonBo LiXiaoming LiuEdward V. BallNa AnQuanfei HuangYong ZhangWei FanXiuqing ZhangYingrui LiWen WangMichael G. KatzeBing SuRasmus NielsenHuanming YangJun WangXiaoning WangJian Wang
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