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... blowfly fifteen years ago . As I recall , it was a steaming hot day . There was no air - conditioning in the labora- tory because such nonsense was considered a luxury . The administrators had never taken into account how great an ...
... blowfly fifteen years ago . As I recall , it was a steaming hot day . There was no air - conditioning in the labora- tory because such nonsense was considered a luxury . The administrators had never taken into account how great an ...
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... blowfly cruised urgently about seeking a suitable place to lay her cream - colored cylindrical eggs . In her wan- dering , she encountered the tantalizing odor and , unravel- ing the tangled skein that swirled and twisted in the lazy ...
... blowfly cruised urgently about seeking a suitable place to lay her cream - colored cylindrical eggs . In her wan- dering , she encountered the tantalizing odor and , unravel- ing the tangled skein that swirled and twisted in the lazy ...
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... Blowflies cost nothing . It is true that hu- man beings can be also had for nothing . They are called volunteers . The latitude of experimentation permitted with human beings is , however , quite limited . The blowfly has none of these ...
... Blowflies cost nothing . It is true that hu- man beings can be also had for nothing . They are called volunteers . The latitude of experimentation permitted with human beings is , however , quite limited . The blowfly has none of these ...
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