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- ↑ https://biosciences.exeter.ac.uk/staff/profile/index.php?web_id=Jeremy_Field
- ↑ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/biology/1-2-24-11.html Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 19:09 GMT 04/02/2010.
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