Effects of ambient UV-B radiation on early development of the common frog (Rana temporaria) embryos in the subarctic
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Merilä, J. & Pahkala, M., Department of Population Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 d, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden Laurila, A., Department of Population Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 d, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden; and Integrative Ecology Unit, Divison of Population Biology, Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 17, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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