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By STAFF OF THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.. Photochemical and Stereochemical Properties of Carotenoids at Low Temperatures. Nature 184, 614–624 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184614a0
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