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... species for study ? The answer is simple . Let the species choose you . This was how our laboratory came to work with the black blowfly fifteen years ago . As I recall , it was a steaming hot day . There was no air - conditioning in the ...
... species for study ? The answer is simple . Let the species choose you . This was how our laboratory came to work with the black blowfly fifteen years ago . As I recall , it was a steaming hot day . There was no air - conditioning in the ...
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... species . Less obvious is the fact that the opposite end also loses water . The only advantage of which I am aware of losing water from the head end is that one can polish spectacles by first breathing on them . Another route for water ...
... species . Less obvious is the fact that the opposite end also loses water . The only advantage of which I am aware of losing water from the head end is that one can polish spectacles by first breathing on them . Another route for water ...
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... species of moths are able to detect and orient to the female perfume . Later workers have calculated that the odor is so dilute , about one molecule per cubic foot of air , that orientation based on a comparison of odor inten- sities is ...
... species of moths are able to detect and orient to the female perfume . Later workers have calculated that the odor is so dilute , about one molecule per cubic foot of air , that orientation based on a comparison of odor inten- sities is ...
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