Monitoring and Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Microalgae
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Cho, Kichul
(Department of Genetic Resources Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea)
Jeon, Hancheol (Department of Genetic Resources Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Hwang, Hyun-Ju (Department of Genetic Resources Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Hong, Ji Won (Department of Taxonomy and Systematics, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Lee, Dae-Sung (Department of Genetic Resources Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) Han, Jong Won (Department of Genetic Resources Research, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea) |
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