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Editorial

Studying Epigenomics in Single Cells: What is Feasible and what can we Learn?

Quin F Wills1 Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UKWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK;2 Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UKView further author information
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Douglas R Higgs1 Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UKWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UKView further author information
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Adam J Mead1 Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UKWellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK;3 Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1231-1234 | Received 09 Sep 2015, Accepted 16 Sep 2015, Published online: 08 Dec 2015

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