Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 345-347 , April 2004

Can fat explain the human brain's big bang evolution?—Horrobin's leads for comparative and functional genomics

  • T.C Erren

      Affiliations

    • Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational and Social Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, 50924 Köln (Lindenthal), Germany
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  • M Erren

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2003.12.008

Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 345-347 , April 2004

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