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17 - Why Some Fungi Senesce and Others Do Not

An Evolutionary Perspective on Fungal Senescence

from Part IV - Senescence in Microbes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2017

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Marc F. P. M. Maas ,
Alfons J. M. Debets ,
Bas J. Zwaan  and
Anne D. van Diepeningen
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Richard P. Shefferson ,
Owen R. Jones  and
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Richard P. Shefferson
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University of Tokyo
Owen R. Jones
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University of Southern Denmark
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
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University of Sheffield
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The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life , pp. 341 - 361
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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