GENETIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS OF THE PROSOBRANCH LANDSNAIL POMATIAS OLIVIERI TO MICROCLIMATIC STRESSES ON MOUNT CARMEL, ISRAEL

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