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  1. Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-6420, USA

    Diter von Wettstein

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr Universität, Postfach 10 21 48, 44780, Bochum, Germany

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  2. Institut für Botanik, FB Biologie (10), TU Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3-5, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

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  3. Fakultät für Biologie, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Ökologie und Ökosystembiologie, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany

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von Wettstein, D. (2006). Fascination with Chloroplasts and Chromosome Pairing. In: Esser, K., Lüttge, U., Beyschlag, W., Murata, J. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 67. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27998-9_1

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