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Volume 1 | Issue 1 | Year 2025 | Article Id: RLS-V1I1P105
Marcescence is Tukdam?
Mario Ljubičić
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| 01 Apr 2025 | 09 May 2025 | 08 Jun 2025 | 30 Jun 2025 |
Citation
Mario Ljubičić. “Marcescence is Tukdam?.” DS Reviews of Research in Life Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 38-44, 2025.
Abstract
Keywords
Decay, Decomposition, Meditation, Life science, Tukdam.
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