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Climate change and the migration of the Southern population of Madagascar 气候变化和马达加斯加南部人口的迁移

Expert opinion on environmental biology Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.4172/2325-9655-c1-045

Fanja T Ralinirina, J. Ravalison

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Effects of climate change on Brazil’s sugarcane agroecological zoning 气候变化对巴西甘蔗农业生态区划的影响

Expert opinion on environmental biology Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.4172/2325-9655-C1-044

M. Caldas, Gabriel Granco, P. D. M. Júnior

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Land loss and sea transgression due to glacial recession under climate warming in the Arctic 北极气候变暖下冰川消退导致的土地流失和海洋海侵

Expert opinion on environmental biology Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.4172/2325-9655-C1-043

W. Ziaja

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A High Concentration of Genistein Induces Cell Death in Human Uterine Leiomyoma Cells by Autophagy. 高浓度染料木素诱导人子宫平滑肌瘤细胞自噬死亡。

Expert opinion on environmental biology Pub Date : 2016-01-01 Epub Date: 2016-05-30 DOI: 10.4172/2325-9655.S1-003

Lysandra Castro, Xioahua Gao, Alicia B Moore, Linda Yu, Xudong Di, Grace E Kissling, Darlene Dixon

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