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  1. Department of Biology, Auburn University at Montgomery, 36193, Montgomery, Alabama

    William E. Cooper Jr.

  2. Department of Psychology and Graduate Program in Ethology, University of Tennessee, 37996, Knoxville, Tennessee

    Gordon M. Burghardt

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Cooper, W.E., Burghardt, G.M. Vomerolfaction and vomodor. J Chem Ecol 16, 103–105 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01021271

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