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Plant Growth and Agrobacterium-mediated Floral-dip Transformation of the Extremophyte Schrenkiella parvula
Published on: January 7, 2019
Heinrich Klüver's "divine" plant
1Department of Psychology, Washington University, St Louis MO 63130, USA. ccdavoli@artsci.wustl.edu
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
|July 11, 2007
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