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Measurement of Oxygen Consumption Rates in Intact Caenorhabditis elegans
Published on: February 23, 2019
OXYGEN COMSUMPTION OF THE WORM OCTOCHAETONA SERRATA AS A FUNCTION OF SIZE AND TEMPERATURE IN AQUATIC AND AERIAL MEDIA
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
|May 1, 1964
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