Why do some thorny plants resemble green zebras?

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Journal of Theoretical Biology

• Publication date

  2003-10-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00196-6PMID 12957121
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