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E Ortiz-Vázquez1, M Granados-Baeza, G Riveramuñoz

  • 1Area de Biotecnología y Alimentos, División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Instituto Technológico de Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Biotechnology Advances
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