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ヒトの微生物群を研究するためのゲノム学的アプローチ

George M Weinstock1

  • 1The Genome Institute, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63108, USA. gweinsto@genome.wustl.edu

Nature
|September 14, 2012
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まとめ

人間の体は,多様な微生物のコミュニティを宿している. 次世代のDNAシーケンシングは,これらの複雑なシステムを研究し,健康と病気の違いを明らかにすることを可能にします.

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