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Paper no. 114 in the series,Defense Mechanisms of Arthropods; no. 113 is Attygalle et al., Journal of Natural Products (in press).
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Eisner, T., Dalton, L.M. Emetic voidance of stomach lining induced by massive beetle ingestion in a beluga whale. J Chem Ecol 19, 1833–1836 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00982311
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