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Département de Biologie, UMR INRA/UAPV Ecologie des Invertébrés, Faculté des Sciences, 33 Rue L. Pasteur, Avignon, 84000, France
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DISTAF, Florence University, Via S. Bonaventura 13, Florence, 50145, Italy
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Institute of Forest Tree Pathology, CNR, Piazzale Delle Cascine 28, Florence, 50144, Italy
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Pichot, C., El Maâtaoui, M., Raddi, S. et al. Surrogate mother for endangered Cupressus. Nature 412, 39 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35083687
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