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... cells , and this work , too , has shown that development is predictable and repeatable [ 720 ] . For example in the grasshopper Schistocerca nitens , there is a set of distinctive cells that can be located in essentially every five ...
... cells , and this work , too , has shown that development is predictable and repeatable [ 720 ] . For example in the grasshopper Schistocerca nitens , there is a set of distinctive cells that can be located in essentially every five ...
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... cells . Neurons within the optic tectum receive messages from many neighboring ganglion cells . Each brain neuron has , therefore , a re- ceptive field of its own , a field consisting of that area of the retina monitored by the ganglion ...
... cells . Neurons within the optic tectum receive messages from many neighboring ganglion cells . Each brain neuron has , therefore , a re- ceptive field of its own , a field consisting of that area of the retina monitored by the ganglion ...
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... cells , causing them to fire rapidly . These messages travel to yet another group of brain cells that also receive inputs from other components of the visual system that are located in the thalamus . Certain thalamic cells respond ...
... cells , causing them to fire rapidly . These messages travel to yet another group of brain cells that also receive inputs from other components of the visual system that are located in the thalamus . Certain thalamic cells respond ...
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NATURAL SELECTION | 5 |
Alternative Hypotheses | 11 |
Experimental Tests of Evolutionary Predictions | 17 |
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