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Acknowledgments.-We are grateful to Dr D. A.Jones for supplying quantities of linamarase and to Dr P. S. Lloyd for constructive comments.
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Foulds, W., Grime, J. The response of cyanogenic and acyanogenic phenotypes of Trifolium repens to soil moisture supply. Heredity 28, 181–187 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1972.23
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