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Temperature and Life-Span in Poikilothermous Animals

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  1. BEAUREGARD L. BERCAW: Supported as a Summer Fellow by Lederle Laboratories, 1960.

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SHAW, R., BERCAW, B. Temperature and Life-Span in Poikilothermous Animals. Nature 196, 454–457 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196454a0

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