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Jan 19, 2024, 10:08 am By NULLResearchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have discovered a new quality control…Exploding kamikaze bacteria: How a few 'soldier' cells confer virulence to a population by sacrificing themselves
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Jan 19, 2024, 2:50 am By NULLAn international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable genetic phenomenon in lycophytes,…
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