Fungal and cyanobacterial gene expression in a lichen symbiosis : 1 Effect of temperature and location 2 3 Sophie
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Fungal and cyanobacterial gene expression in a lichen symbiosis: 1 Effect of temperature and location 2 3 Sophie S. Steinhäuser , Ólafur S. Andrésson , Arnar Pálsson , Silke Werth a,b,c 4 a Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavik, 5 Iceland 6 b Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Graz, Holteigasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria 7 c Corresponding author’s details: [email protected], phone: +43 316 380 5645, fax: 8 +43 316 380 9880 9
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