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... fly to sugar increased nearly ten million - fold from the time he was fed until one hundred hours after feeding . In other words , as he became hungrier he would respond to more and more dilute sugar so his sensitivity was a good ...
... fly to sugar increased nearly ten million - fold from the time he was fed until one hundred hours after feeding . In other words , as he became hungrier he would respond to more and more dilute sugar so his sensitivity was a good ...
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... flies . But what is hunger ? The possibility occurred to us that the difference between a hungry fly and a fed fly was the amount of sugar in its blood . The first way to tackle this question was to meas- ure the blood - sugar levels of a ...
... flies . But what is hunger ? The possibility occurred to us that the difference between a hungry fly and a fed fly was the amount of sugar in its blood . The first way to tackle this question was to meas- ure the blood - sugar levels of a ...
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... flies were surgically joined together back to back so that they shared a common blood supply . One fly was then fed and both subsequently tested for sensitivity to sugar to determine how hungry they were . The fed fly was satiated ; his ...
... flies were surgically joined together back to back so that they shared a common blood supply . One fly was then fed and both subsequently tested for sensitivity to sugar to determine how hungry they were . The fed fly was satiated ; his ...
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