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VGNC License Agreement

The Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee (VGNC) wants to ensure that our information is accessible to the public and free to use, for this reason all data is released under the Creative Commons Public Domain (CC0) License. This means that any form of reuse of the content is permitted. For further information, please visit the CC0 page or the Creative Commons FAQ about this type of license.

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Genenames.org: the HGNC and VGNC resources in 2021

Nucleic Acids Research (Database issue)

NAR | EuropePMC | PubMed

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