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Title: Fish-T1K (Transcriptomes of 1,000 Fishes) Project: large-scale transcriptome data for fish evolution studies
Award ID(s):
1541554
PAR ID:
10019772
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
GigaScience
Volume:
5
Issue:
1
ISSN:
2047-217X
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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