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    Plant Molecular Biology

An International Journal on Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and
Biochemistry
Editor-in-Chief: Wilhelm Gruissem
ISSN: 0167-4412 (print version)
ISSN: 1573-5028 (electronic version)
Journal no. 11103
Springer Netherlands
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References

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Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance.
N Engl J Med 965:325–329

2. Inclusion of issue number (optional):
Saunders DS (1976) The biological clock of insects. Sci Am 234(2):114–121

3. Journal issue with issue editor:
Smith J (ed) (1998) Rodent genes. Mod Genomics J 14(6):126–233

4. Journal issue with no issue editor:
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5. Book chapter:
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The
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6. Book, authored:
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London

8. Chapter in a book in a series without volume titles:
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9. Chapter in a book in a series with volume title:
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11. Proceedings with an editor (without a publisher):
Aaron M (1999) The future of genomics. In: Williams H (ed) Proceedings
of the genomic researchers, Boston, 1999

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14. Patent:
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Norman LO (1998) Lightning rods. US Patent 4,379,752, 9 Sept 1998

15. Dissertation:
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation,
University of California

16. Institutional author (book):
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Marikhin VY, Myasnikova LP (1977) Nadmolekulyarnaya struktura polimerov
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Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York (in press)
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