Primate olfaction: Anatomy and evolution

Olfaction and the Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 135-166

  Smith, Timothy ^a   Rossie, James ^b  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511543623.010     Document Type: Chapter

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