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ResearcherID: F-7234-2013
ResearcherID: F-7234-2013

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Microbiome, Gut microbiota, Nutrition, Evolution, Molecular evolution, Phenotypic evolution, Mating systems

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Employment (5)

Vidarium -Nutrition, Health and Wellness Research Center: Medellin, CO

2012-09-20 to present | Researcher
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Juan S Escobar

University of Toronto: Toronto, ON, CA

2011-01-01 to 2012-05-31 | Postdoc (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Employment
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Juan S Escobar

Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2009-01-07 to 2010-10-31 | Postdoc (Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution)
Employment
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Juan S Escobar

INRA Centre de Montpellier: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2008-07-01 to 2009-06-30 | Postdoc (Domaine de Melgueil)
Employment
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Juan S Escobar

CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2008-04-01 to 2008-06-30 | Research Assistant (Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive)
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Juan S Escobar

Education and qualifications (3)

Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2005-01-01 to 2008-03-31 | Évolution, Écologie, Ressources Génétiques, Paléontologie (Systèmes Intégrés en Biologie, Agronomie, Géosciences, Hydrosciences, Environnement)
Education
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Juan S Escobar

Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2002-09-01 to 2003-08-31 | MSc (Biologie Évolutive et Écologie)
Education
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Juan S Escobar

Universidad de Antioquia Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales: Medellin, CO

1997-04-01 to 2002-06-22 | BSc (Biology)
Education
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Juan S Escobar

Works (38)

Circulating hs-CRP, IL-18, Chemerin, Leptin, and Adiponectin Levels Reflect Cardiometabolic Dysfunction in Adults with Excess Weight

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2025-01-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26031176
Contributors: Óscar Javier Lara-Guzmán; Ángela María Arango-González; Rafael Álvarez-Quintero; Juan S. Escobar; Katalina Muñoz-Durango; Jelver Alexander Sierra
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Gut microbiome diversity within Clostridia is negatively associated with human obesity

mSystems
2024-08-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00627-24
Contributors: Laura Salazar-Jaramillo; Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Luis A. Chica; María Cadavid; Ruth E. Ley; Alejandro Reyes; Juan S. Escobar; Jian Xu
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Obesity is the main driver of altered gut microbiome functions in the metabolically unhealthy

Gut Microbes
2023-12-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2246634
Contributors: Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Kelsey E. Huus; Nicholas D. Youngblut; Juan S. Escobar; Ruth E. Ley
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Human gut homeostasis and regeneration: the role of the gut microbiota and its metabolites

Critical Reviews in Microbiology
2023-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/1040841X.2022.2142088
Contributors: Claudia Marcela Arenas-Gómez; Enriqueta Garcia-Gutierrez; Juan S. Escobar; Paul D. Cotter
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Putative intestinal permeability markers do not correlate with cardiometabolic health and gut microbiota in humans, except for peptides recognized by a widely used zonulin ELISA kit

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2022.09.026
Contributors: Angela Arango-González; Oscar J. Lara-Guzmán; Diego A. Rivera; Rafael Álvarez; Daniela Salazar-Serrano; Katalina Muñoz-Durango; Juan S. Escobar; Jelver A. Sierra
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Reporting guidelines for human microbiome research: the STORMS checklist

Nature Medicine
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-021-01552-x
Part of ISSN: 1078-8956
Part of ISSN: 1546-170X
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Juan S Escobar

Identification and Removal of Potential Contaminants in 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Data Sets from Low-Microbial-Biomass Samples: an Example from Mosquito Tissues

mSphere
2021-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00506-21
Contributors: Sebastián Díaz; Juan S. Escobar; Frank W. Avila; Lifeng Zhu
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Diet Quality, Food Groups and Nutrients Associated with the Gut Microbiota in a Nonwestern Population

Nutrients
2020-09-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/nu12102938
Contributors: Ángela S. García-Vega; Vanessa Corrales-Agudelo; Alejandro Reyes; Juan S. Escobar
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Variants in genes of innate immunity, appetite control and energy metabolism are associated with host cardiometabolic health and gut microbiota composition

Gut Microbes
2020-05-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1619440
Contributors: Esteban L. Ortega-Vega; Sandra J. Guzmán-Castañeda; Omer Campo; Eliana P. Velásquez-Mejía; Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Gabriel Bedoya; Juan S. Escobar
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Gut microbiota composition explains more variance in the host cardiometabolic risk than genetic ancestry

Gut Microbes
2020-03-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1634416
Contributors: Sandra J. Guzmán-Castañeda; Esteban L. Ortega-Vega; Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Eliana P. Velásquez-Mejía; Winston Rojas; Gabriel Bedoya; Juan S. Escobar
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Age- and Sex-Dependent Patterns of Gut Microbial Diversity in Human Adults

mSystems
2019-08-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00261-19
Contributors: Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Scott T. Kelley; Yingfeng Chen; Juan S. Escobar; Noel T. Mueller; Ruth E. Ley; Daniel McDonald; Shi Huang; Austin D. Swafford; Rob Knight et al.
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Green Coffee Extract Improves Cardiometabolic Parameters and Modulates Gut Microbiota in High-Fat-Diet-Fed ApoE<sup>-/-</sup> Mice

Nutrients
2019-02 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/nu11030497
Contributors: Erika Caro-Gómez; Jelver Alexander Sierra Restrepo; Juan S Escobar; Rafael Álvarez-Quintero; Mauricio Naranjo; Sonia Medina; Eliana P. Velásquez-Mejía; Jorge H. Tabares-Guevara; Julio C. Jaramillo; Yudy M. León-Varela et al.
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Age and sex-dependent patterns of gut microbial diversity in human adults

2019-02-08 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/544270
Contributors: Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Scott T. Kelley; Yingfeng Chen; Juan S. Escobar; Noel T. Mueller; Ruth E. Ley; Daniel McDonald; Shi Huang; Austin D. Swafford; Rob Knight et al.
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Higher Fecal Short-Chain Fatty Acid Levels Are Associated with Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis, Obesity, Hypertension and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors

Nutrients
2018-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/nu11010051
Contributors: Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Noel Mueller; Rafael Álvarez-Quintero; Eliana P. Velásquez-Mejía; Jelver A. Sierra; Vanessa Corrales-Agudelo; Jenny A. Carmona; José M. Abad; Juan S Escobar
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Gut microbiota composition explains more variance in the host cardiometabolic risk than genetic ancestry

2018-08-17 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/394726
Contributors: Sandra J. Guzmán-Castañeda; Esteban L. Ortega-Vega; Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Eliana P. Velásquez-Mejía; Winston Rojas; Gabriel Bedoya; Juan S. Escobar
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Gut microbiota is associated with obesity and cardiometabolic disease in a population in the midst of Westernization

Scientific Reports
2018-07-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29687-x
Contributors: Jacobo de la Cuesta-Zuluaga; Vanessa Corrales-Agudelo; Eliana P. Velásquez-Mejía; Jenny A. Carmona; José M. Abad; Juan S. Escobar
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Body size phenotypes comprehensively assess cardiometabolic risk and refine the association between obesity and gut microbiota.

International journal of obesity (2005)
2018-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2017.281
PMID: 29142244
Contributors: de la Cuesta-Zuluaga J; Corrales-Agudelo V; Carmona JA; Abad JM; Escobar JS
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Juan S Escobar via Europe PubMed Central
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Metformin is associated with higher relative abundance of mucin-degrading akkermansia muciniphila and several short-chain fatty acid-producing microbiota in the gut

Diabetes Care
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2337/dc16-1324
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2-s2.0-85008192260
Contributors: De La Cuesta-Zuluaga, J.; Mueller, N.T.; Corrales-Agudelo, V.; Velásquez-Mejía, E.P.; Carmona, J.A.; Abad, J.M.; Escobar, J.S.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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Self-fertilization, long-distance flash invasion and biogeography shape the population structure of Pseudosuccinea columella at the worldwide scale

Molecular Ecology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13984
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2-s2.0-85011874579
Contributors: Lounnas, M.; Correa, A.C.; V�zquez, A.A.; Dia, A.; Escobar, J.S.; Nicot, A.; Arenas, J.; Ayaqui, R.; Dubois, M.P.; Gimenez, T. et al.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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Impact of DNA extraction, sample dilution, and reagent contamination on 16S rRNA gene sequencing of human feces.

Applied microbiology and biotechnology
2017-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8583-z
PMID: 29079861
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Juan S Escobar via Europe PubMed Central
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Considerations For Optimizing Microbiome Analysis Using a Marker Gene.

Frontiers in nutrition
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2016.00026
PMID: 27551678
PMC: PMC4976105
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Juan S Escobar via Europe PubMed Central
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Molecular evolution of freshwater snails with contrasting mating systems

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv121
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2-s2.0-84947507623
Contributors: Burgarella, C.; Gayral, P.; Ballenghien, M.; Bernard, A.; David, P.; Jarne, P.; Correa, A.; Hurtrez-Bousses, S.; Escobar, J.; Galtier, N. et al.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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The gut microbiota of Colombians differs from that of Americans, Europeans and Asians

BMC Microbiology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0311-6
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2-s2.0-84924187224
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Klotz, B.; Valdes, B.E.; Agudelo, G.M.
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Comparative population genomics in collinsia sister species reveals evidence for reduced effective population size, relaxed selection, and evolution of biased gene conversion with an ongoing mating system shift

Evolution
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12027
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2-s2.0-84876843380
Contributors: Hazzouri, K.M.; Escobar, J.S.; Ness, R.W.; Killian Newman, L.; Randle, A.M.; Kalisz, S.; Wright, S.I.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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The Capsella rubella genome and the genomic consequences of rapid mating system evolution

Nature Genetics
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2669
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2-s2.0-84879686532
Contributors: Slotte, T.; Hazzouri, K.M.; Ågren, J.A.; Koenig, D.; Maumus, F.; Guo, Y.-L.; Steige, K.; Platts, A.E.; Escobar, J.S.; Newman, L.K. et al.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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GC-biased gene conversion and selection affect GC content in the oryza genus (rice)

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr104
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2-s2.0-80052142011
Contributors: Muyle, A.; Serres-Giardi, L.; Ressayre, A.; Escobar, J.; Glémin, S.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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GC-biased gene conversion impacts ribosomal DNA evolution in vertebrates, angiosperms, and other eukaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr079
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2-s2.0-80052138512
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Glémin, S.; Galtier, N.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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Morphological and molecular characterization of Neotropic Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Lymnaeoidea), vectors of fasciolosis

Infection, Genetics and Evolution
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.09.003
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2-s2.0-82655173783
Contributors: Correa, A.C.; Escobar, J.S.; Noya, O.; Velásquez, L.E.; González-Ramírez, C.; Hurtrez-Boussès, S.; Pointier, J.-P.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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Multigenic phylogeny and analysis of tree incongruences in Triticeae (Poaceae)

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-181
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2-s2.0-79959461113
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Scornavacca, C.; Cenci, A.; Guilhaumon, C.; Santoni, S.; Douzery, E.J.P.; Ranwez, V.; Glémin, S.; David, J.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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Patterns of mating-system evolution in hermaphroditic animals: Correlations among selfing rate, inbreeding depression, and the timing of reproduction

Evolution
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01218.x
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2-s2.0-79955145783
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Auld, J.R.; Correa, A.C.; Alonso, J.M.; Bony, Y.K.; Coutellec, M.-A.; Koene, J.M.; Pointier, J.-P.; Jarne, P.; David, P.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier
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An integrative test of the dead-end hypothesis of selfing evolution in triticeae (POACEAE)

Evolution
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01045.x
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2-s2.0-78649294944
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Cenci, A.; Bolognini, J.; Haudry, A.; Laurent, S.; David, J.; Glémin, S.
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Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-381
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2-s2.0-78649791942
Contributors: Correa, A.C.; Escobar, J.S.; Durand, P.; Renaud, F.; David, P.; Jarne, P.; Pointier, J.-P.; Hurtrez-Boussès, S.
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Correlated evolution of mating strategy and inbreeding depression within and among populations of the hermaphroditic snail physa acuta

Evolution
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00760.x
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2-s2.0-70350214780
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Facon, B.; Jarne, P.; Goudet, J.; David, P.
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Did life history evolve in response to parasites in invasive populations of Melanoides tuberculata?

Acta Oecologica
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.06.001
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2-s2.0-70349202116
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Correa, A.C.; David, P.
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Outbreeding Alleviates Senescence in Hermaphroditic Snails as Expected from the Mutation-Accumulation Theory

Current Biology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.070
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2-s2.0-45449102065
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Jarne, P.; Charmantier, A.; David, P.
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The different sources of variation in inbreeding depression, heterosis and outbreeding depression in a metapopulation of Physa acuta

Genetics
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.092718
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2-s2.0-59449097317
Contributors: Escobar, J.S.; Nicot, A.; David, P.
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No correlation between inbreeding depression and delayed selfing in the freshwater snail Physa acuta

Evolution
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00223.x
EID:

2-s2.0-35748951287
Contributors: Sebastián Escobar, J.; Epinat, G.; Sarda, V.; David, P.
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A look at present-day biology,Una mirada a la biología actual

Iatreia
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036931044
Contributors: Peláez, N.; Sebastián Escobar, J.; Restrepo H, P.; Torres, D.G.
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Juan S Escobar via Scopus - Elsevier

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