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. 2011 Aug 2;108(31):E349; author reply E350.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1103992108. Epub 2011 Jul 7.

Olfaction is a chemical sense, not a spectral sense

Thomas P Hettinger
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Olfaction is a chemical sense, not a spectral sense

Thomas P Hettinger. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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