The Origin and Evolution of Variable Number Tandem Repeat of CLEC4M Gene in the Global Human Population

• Hui Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Li, Jia-Xin Wang, Dong-Dong Wu

  Affiliations Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Southeast University School of Medicine and The Key Laboratory of Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

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• Jia-Xin Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Li, Jia-Xin Wang, Dong-Dong Wu

  Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource & Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministery of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

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• Dong-Dong Wu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hui Li, Jia-Xin Wang, Dong-Dong Wu

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China

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• Hua-Wei Wang,

  Affiliation Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource & Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministery of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

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• Nelson Leung-Sang Tang ,

  * E-mail: zhangyp1@263.net.cn (Y-PZ); nelsontang@cuhk.edu.hk (NL-ST)

  Affiliations KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and Department of Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China, Departments of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China, Functional Genomics and Biostatistical Computing laboratory, Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong China

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• Ya-Ping Zhang

  * E-mail: zhangyp1@263.net.cn (Y-PZ); nelsontang@cuhk.edu.hk (NL-ST)

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource & Key Laboratory for Microbial Resources of the Ministery of Education, Yunnan University, Kunming, China, KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China

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