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Rethinking Conservation in the Anthropocene—The Case of Holobionts
  • Seyed E. Hasnain 1, 2, *,   
  • Niyaz Ahmed 3, *

Received: 29 Sep 2024 | Accepted: 09 Oct 2024 | Published: 11 Oct 2024

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Hasnain, S. E.; Ahmed, N. Rethinking Conservation in the Anthropocene—The Case of Holobionts. Disease Biology, Genetics, and Socioecology 2025, 1 (1), 2. https://doi.org/10.53941/dbgs.2025.100002.
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