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Determination of the molecular signature of fossil conifers by experimental palaeochemotaxonomy – Part 1: The Araucariaceae family
Y. Lu
UMR 7359 CNRS Georessources, University of Lorraine, BP 239, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France
Y. Hautevelle
UMR 7359 CNRS Georessources, University of Lorraine, BP 239, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France
R. Michels
UMR 7359 CNRS Georessources, University of Lorraine, BP 239, 54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France
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