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      Cryobiotechnologies: Tools for expanding long-term ex situ conservation to all plant species

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                Journal
                Biological Conservation
                Biological Conservation
                Elsevier BV
                00063207
                October 2020
                October 2020
                : 250
                : 108736
                Article
                10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108736
                d1bda8f7-95e6-43de-a533-9e9be51aa14b
                © 2020

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