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Programmed Cell Death and Apoptosis in Fungi

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Ramsdale, M. (2006). Programmed Cell Death and Apoptosis in Fungi. In: Brown, A.J. (eds) Fungal Genomics. The Mycota, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30809-1_7

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