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Figure 1: Evolution of raw data submission to GEO.

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This work was carried out in part using computing resources at the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute. O.L. is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Swedish Research Council and R.S. is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.

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Larsson, O., Sandberg, R. Lack of correct data format and comparability limits future integrative microarray research. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1322–1323 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1106-1322

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