Is there a metabolic association of glycerol with ethanol in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster?

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1137-1155

  Khan, Nazeer H ^a   Baumgardner, Christine A ^a   Miles, Katherine L ^a   Geer, Billy W ^a  

^a KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0030469724     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.5.30164250     Document Type: Article

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