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Achievements in Horizontal Gene Transfer Studies in Parasitic PlantsJournal title
Acta Biologica Cracoviensia s. BotanicaYearbook
2021Volume
Vol. 63Issue
No 2Authors
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Góralski, Grzegorz : Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland ; Denysenko-Bennett, Magdalena : Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland ; Burda, Anna : Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland ; Staszecka-Moskal, Natalia : Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland ; Kwolek, Dagmara : Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, PolandKeywords
evolution ; HGT ; horizontal gene transfer ; hosts ; parasitic plantsDivisions of PAS
Nauki Biologiczne i RolniczeCoverage
17-28Publisher
Biological Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Cracow BranchBibliography
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