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How DEET jams insects' smell sensors

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  1. Ditzen, M., Pellegrino, M. & Vosshall, L. B. Science doi:10.1126/science.1153121 (2008).

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Petherick, A. How DEET jams insects' smell sensors. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.672

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