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Arginine and Urea Biosynthesis in the Land Planarian: Its Significance in Biochemical Evolution

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CAMPBELL, J. Arginine and Urea Biosynthesis in the Land Planarian: Its Significance in Biochemical Evolution. Nature 208, 1299–1301 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081299a0

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