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    Tatsuya Tomo

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Tomo, T., Allakhverdiev, S.I. (2021). Chlorophyll Species and Their Functions in the Photosynthetic Energy Conversion. In: Shen, JR., Satoh, K., Allakhverdiev, S.I. (eds) Photosynthesis: Molecular Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 47. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67407-6_5

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