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. 2013 Jun;34(3):445-449.
doi: 10.1007/s10764-013-9667-y. Epub 2013 Mar 8.

Can Seeds Help to Expel Parasites? A Comment on the Garber-Kitron (1997) Hypothesis

Eckhard W Heymann  1
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Can Seeds Help to Expel Parasites? A Comment on the Garber-Kitron (1997) Hypothesis

Eckhard W Heymann. Int J Primatol. 2013 Jun.
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