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Magda Carvalho Henriques1,2, Susana Loureiro2 , Margarida Fardilha1† and Maria Teresa Herdeiro1 \* †

1 Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

2 Department of Biology, Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do MAR (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

\*Address all correspondence to: teresaherdeiro@ua.pt

† These authors contributed equally for this chapter.

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