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Maps of Q3D(R, z) for the galaxies in our sample having gravitationally unstable regions (delimited by the black dashed lines) according to the Q criterion. The white contour encompasses the region that is locally unstable when Q3D criterion is adopted. The gray dash-dotted curve represents the gas disc scale height zgas.

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