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All issues Volume 6 / No 1-2 (January-June 2007) Environ. Biosafety Res., 6 1-2 (2007) 85-89 References
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Environ. Biosafety Res.
Volume 6, Number 1-2, January-June 2007
Thematic Issue on Horizontal Gene Transfer
Page(s) 85 - 89
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/ebr:2007030
Published online 12 September 2007
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