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16 - Complex Life Histories and Senescence in Plants

Avenues to Escape Age-Related Decline?

from Part III - Senescence in Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2017

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Jennifer Gremer ,
Satu Ramula ,
Bård Pedersen ,
Elizabeth Crone ,
Peter Lesica ,
Anne Jäkäläniemi  and
Juha Tuomi
Edited by
Richard P. Shefferson ,
Owen R. Jones  and
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Richard P. Shefferson
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo
Owen R. Jones
Affiliation:
University of Southern Denmark
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield
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The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life , pp. 320 - 338
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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