Comparative genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2) receptor ACE2 in different populations.

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National Clinical Research Centre for Metabolic Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 200025 Shanghai, China.

Published: February 2020

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