Modeling the Coevolutionary Dynamics in the Lobaria pulmonaria Lichen Symbiosis
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1Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Carrer de Jordi Girona, 29-31, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. 2Institució Catalana per a la Recerca i Estudis Avançats-Complex Systems Lab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. 3Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Passeig Marı́tim de la Barceloneta 37, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. 4Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Panama, Republic of Panama
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