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The natural history of a scholar and gentleman A biography of Eldon H. Newcomb

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  1. Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, 77843-3258, College Station, TX, USA

    Kathryn A. VandenBosch

  2. Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

    Wayne M. Becker

  3. Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

    Barry A. Palevitz

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VandenBosch, K.A., Becker, W.M. & Palevitz, B.A. The natural history of a scholar and gentleman A biography of Eldon H. Newcomb. Protoplasma 195, 4–11 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279181

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