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Recalcitrance is not an all-or-nothing situation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

P. Berjak
Affiliation:
Plant Cell Biology Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of Natal, King George V Ave, Durban, 4001South Africa
N. W. Pammenter
Affiliation:
Plant Cell Biology Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of Natal, King George V Ave, Durban, 4001South Africa

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