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Human germ line editing—roles and responsibilities

  • Jeantine E. Lunshof , 1,2
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  • 1. Department of Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
  • 2. Department of Genetics-Church Lab, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Published date: 26 Jan 2016

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2016 The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com and journal.hep.com.cn

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Jeantine E. Lunshof . Human germ line editing—roles and responsibilities[J]. Protein & Cell, 2016 , 7(1) : 7 -10 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-015-0224-7

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