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From the Department of Biology of the School of Hygiene and Public Health of the Johns Hopkins University.
The author wishes to express his sincere thanks to Dr.Raymond Pearl for suggesting this study, and his direction and encouragement during its progress, and also for his kindness in permitting the use of the facilities in the Department of Biology of the School of Hygiene and Public Health of the Johns Hopkins University. He would also like to express his indebtedness to Dr.John Rice Miner and to MissBlanche F.Pooler for aid in the preparation of this paper.
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Imai, T. The influence of temperature on variation and inheritance of bodily dimensions inDrosophila melanogaster . W. Roux' Archiv f. Entwicklungsmechanik 128, 634–660 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00649866
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