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... able to place a fruit fly , an insect about % inch long , in a chamber where he could measure its respiration during flight and at the same time equip it with the following recording instruments : platinum electrodes to record the nerve ...
... able to place a fruit fly , an insect about % inch long , in a chamber where he could measure its respiration during flight and at the same time equip it with the following recording instruments : platinum electrodes to record the nerve ...
Page 56
... able to put their aquatic ancestry behind them . They have never quite been able to get along without water . Some are more enslaved than others as , for example , the toad which must each spring return to the ponds and swamps to lay ...
... able to put their aquatic ancestry behind them . They have never quite been able to get along without water . Some are more enslaved than others as , for example , the toad which must each spring return to the ponds and swamps to lay ...
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... able to reach a goal . Other flying insects employ visual landmarks . A wasp that has just constructed a new nest makes a short familiari- zation flight in the vicinity of the nest before going out to search for prey with which to ...
... able to reach a goal . Other flying insects employ visual landmarks . A wasp that has just constructed a new nest makes a short familiari- zation flight in the vicinity of the nest before going out to search for prey with which to ...
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