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Donat-Peter Häder1, H D Kumar, Ray C Smith

  • 1Institut für Botanik und Pharmazeutische Biologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Staudtstr. 5, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany. dphaeder@biologie.uni-erlangen.de

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