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Abstract
What is known in the field, for a general readership. Define the area and knowledge for a specialist.
Explain the motivation and need for the research defined by the gap in existing knowledge.
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Introduction
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Data Availability Statement
Please choose text from Table 3 and provide a citation to available data in the References list.
These sequence data have been submitted to the
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EMBL/
GenBank databases under accession number XXXXX
Gene expression data (derived from microarrays or sequencing) has been deposited to a MIAME- or MINSEQE-compliant public repository like the
Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) with accession XXXXX
Protein Sequence Data should be submitted to
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References
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1. [article] Wood WG, Eckert GP, Igbavboa U, Muller WE. Statins and neuroprotection: a prescription to move the field forward. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1199:69-76.
2. [book] Hoppert, M. Microscopic techniques in biotechnology. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH; 2003.
3. [dataset]Authors; Year; Dataset title; Data repository or archive; Version (if any); Persistent identifier (e.g. DOI)
4. [URI, GWAS summary statistics] Savage, J.E. et al. Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867
individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence
5. [supplementary data] Jagadeesan, A. et al. MDS/PCA plots within West Africa
Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes)