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Juan J Rodríguez-Mercado1, Rodrigo A Mateos-Nava, Mario A Altamirano-Lozano

  • 1Unidad de Investigación en Genética y Toxicología Ambiental (UNIGEN), Laboratorio L5-PA, Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Investigación Experimental (UMIE-Z), Facultad de Estudios Superiores-Zaragoza, Campus II, UNAM, A.P. 9-020, C.P. 15000, México, D.F., Mexico.

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