title: Holy alliances?
authors: UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (tel +35317162249; fax +35317161153; email Bruce.Osborne@ucd.ie).
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mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*
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