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A -- ALLELOTYPING 140 DNA SAMPLES SOL RFQ-70198-NV DUE 092497 POC Debbie Moore, Purchasing Agent, 301-402-4509, Trish Haun, Contracting Officer 301/402-4509 WEB: NCI Research Contracts Branch, http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/. The National Cancer Institute proposes to issue Request for Quotation RFQ-70198-NV for allelotyping up to 140 DNA samples obtained from 70 subjects using a set of 150-200 highly informative microsatellite markers spanning the entire genome at an average distance between markers of 20cM. This RFQ will be available on our web site (http://rcb.nci.nih.gov/) within 5 days after publication of this announcement. Proposals will be due September 24, 1997 at 12 PM EST. No hard copies of this RFQ will be available all copies must be downloaded from our web site. Faxed proposals will not be accepted. No collect calls will be accepted. See Note 1. (0251)

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