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... neck region . Perhaps the mechanism controlling hunger exists there . It would have been nice to have injected food directly into the neck region . Unfortunately , the esophagus here does not possess the properties of a self - sealing ...
... neck region . Perhaps the mechanism controlling hunger exists there . It would have been nice to have injected food directly into the neck region . Unfortunately , the esophagus here does not possess the properties of a self - sealing ...
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... neck would allow until it could be fitted into the front depression . The head was held there by two pins crossed behind it . As a result of this procedure the fly's neck lay stretched across the bridge of paraffin separating the two ...
... neck would allow until it could be fitted into the front depression . The head was held there by two pins crossed behind it . As a result of this procedure the fly's neck lay stretched across the bridge of paraffin separating the two ...
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... neck ) , and requested one liter of White Leghorn feathers . With clumsy fingers the stock room man slowly stuffed feathers into the flask until it was full . A few days later another member of the laboratory arrived with a request for ...
... neck ) , and requested one liter of White Leghorn feathers . With clumsy fingers the stock room man slowly stuffed feathers into the flask until it was full . A few days later another member of the laboratory arrived with a request for ...
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