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Insect pheromone in elephants

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology, Portland, Oregon, 97291-1000, USA

    L. E. L. Rasmussen

  2. Division of Immunology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California, 91010, USA

    Terry D. Lee

  3. Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Geneva, New York, 14456, USA

    Wendell L. Roelofs & Aijun Zhang

  4. Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 12180, USA

    G. Doyle Daves Jr

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Rasmussen, L., Lee, T., Roelofs, W. et al. Insect pheromone in elephants. Nature 379, 684 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/379684a0

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