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High metabolic rates drive tiny genomes in plants (and birds): a commentary on ‘The smallest angiosperm genomes may be the price for effective traps of bladderworts’
- Award ID(s):
- 1929296
- PAR ID:
- 10553419
- Publisher / Repository:
- Annals of Botany
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Annals of Botany
- ISSN:
- 0305-7364
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae163
