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Nature 438, 1068-1069 (22 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/4381068a; Published online 21 December 2005

Alcohol and science: The party gene

Siëlle Gramser1

  1. Siëlle Gramser is an intern in Nature's Munich office.

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In the first of three Features looking at aspects of alcohol, Siëlle Gramser discovers how yeast first opened the floodgates of intoxication.

Steven Benner jokingly calls himself a dilettante. A biochemist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Benner dabbles in a wide range of disciplines, from bioinformatics to astrobiology.

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