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Editorial

Should genetic testing go digital?

Michael VanInsberghe Genome Science and Technology Graduate Program, Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Kevin A Heyries Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Carl L Hansen Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2125 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada. [email protected]
Pages 111-114 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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