Homo sapiens
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PROVIDER: PRJNA259887 | ENA |
REPOSITORIES: ENA
Dataset's files
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| SRR1561920_1.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1561920_2.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1561930_1.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1561930_2.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1561921_1.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz |
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