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  1. Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    Richard Boyle

  2. Hughes-Fulford Laboratory, Department of Medicine Metabolism Division San Francisco, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Millie Hughes-Fulford

  3. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Northern California Institute for Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Millie Hughes-Fulford

  4. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Millie Hughes-Fulford

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Boyle, R., Hughes-Fulford, M. (2019). Space Biology (Cells to Amphibians). In: Young, L., Sutton, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Bioastronautics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10152-1_39-1

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