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This research was supported by the Doctorate Fellowship Foundation of Nanjing Forestry University, the Graduate Research Innovation Project of Jiangsu Province, China and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).
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Cong Jiang and Rui Fang Huang contributed equally to this work.
[Jiang C., Huang R. F., Song J. L., Huang M. R. and Xu L. A. 2013 Genomewide analysis of the chitinase gene family in Populus trichocarpa. J. Genet. 92, xx–xx]
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JIANG, C., HUANG, R.F., SONG, J.L. et al. Genomewide analysis of the chitinase gene family in Populus trichocarpa . J Genet 92, 121–125 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-013-0222-6
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