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A Jakubska-Busse1, M W Janowicz2, L Ochnio3

  • 1Department of Botany, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wrocław, Kanonia 6/8, 50-328, Wrocław, Poland. anna.jakubska-busse@uwr.edu.pl.

Acta Biotheoretica
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PubMed

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