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Chapter 12 - Genetic and Epigenetic Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

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Sally Pollard  and
Linda Morgan
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P. M. Shaughn O'Brien  and
Fiona Broughton Pipkin
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
Affiliation:
Keele University School of Medicine
Fiona Broughton Pipkin
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
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Introduction to Research Methodology for Specialists and Trainees , pp. 88 - 96
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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