Ethanol, fruit ripening, and the historical origins of human alcoholism in primate frugivory

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-323

  Dudley, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTROCARYUM; HOMINOIDEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 4944266473     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/44.4.315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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