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Molecular mechanisms in response to drought stress are important for the genetic improvement of maize. In our previous study, nine ZmLAZ1 members were identified in the maize genome, but the function of ZmLAZ1 wa...
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Dynamical Analysis of the Fractional-Order Memristive Band Pass Filter Chaotic Circuit
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