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Acknowledgements
This study was supported in part by the Cooperative Study Program of Exploratory Research
Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS; program Nos. 18-201, 19-102, and 19-202 to
H.N.); Moonshot R&D–MILLENNIA Program (Grant No.: JPMJMS2024-9) by JST; a Grantin-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (19H04776 and 21H03541 to H.N.), a Grant-in-Aid for
Scientific Research (B) (17KT0021 to T.K.), and a JSPS research fellowship for young scientist
(to S.S.) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); the Naito Foundation (to
T.K.); and the Keihanshin Consortium for Fostering the Next Generation of Global Leaders in
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H.N., S.S., and T.K. conceived the project. Y.O., H.N., and K.N. developed the method,
Y.O. implemented the software, and Y.O. and S.S. analyzed data. Y.O. and H.N. wrote the
manuscript with input from all authors.
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