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Main Authors: Alexandre Wohlkönig, Joëlle Huet, Yvan Looze, René Wintjens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21085702/pdf/?tool=EBI