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Main Authors: Michael J Thomenius, Jennifer Totman, Darren Harvey, Lorna H Mitchell, Thomas V Riera, Kat Cosmopoulos, Alexandra R Grassian, Christine Klaus, Megan Foley, Elizabeth A Admirand, Haris Jahic, Christina Majer, Tim Wigle, Suzanne L Jacques, Jodi Gureasko, Dorothy Brach, Trupti Lingaraj, Kip West, Sherri Smith, Nathalie Rioux, Nigel J Waters, Cuyue Tang, Alejandra Raimondi, Michael Munchhof, James E Mills, Scott Ribich, Margaret Porter Scott, Kevin W Kuntz, William P Janzen, Mikel Moyer, Jesse J Smith, Richard Chesworth, Robert A Copeland, P Ann Boriack-Sjodin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5983452?pdf=render