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Liliana Vitorino1, Líbia Zé-Zé, Ana Sousa

  • 1Departamento de Biologia Vegetal/Centro de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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