Ferment in the family tree

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 308-309

  Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; DOMESTICATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERMENTATION; FERMENTED PRODUCT; NEOLITHIC; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOMINID; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS;

EID: 84920988789     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1421566112     Document Type: Note

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