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Autores principales: Schweitzer, Mary Higby, Zheng, Wenxia, Zanno, Lindsay, Werning, Sarah, Sugiyama, Toshie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4791554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26975806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23099

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4791554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26975806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23099

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