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1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran

\*Address all correspondence to: rasoul.karamiani@gmail.com

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