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Moonlight and the Pregnancy of Malayan Forest Rats

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THE author of the earlier communication in Nature under this title (J. L. H.)1 wishes to thank his colleague (W. v. d. B.) for pointing out an error in the test of significance used, and for suggesting more rigorous tests. The object of this joint letter is to correct that error and a similar one in another paper which makes use of the same material2.

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  1. Harrison, J. L., Nature, 170, 73 (1952).

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  2. Harrison, J. L., Bull. Raffles Mus. Singapore, 24, 109 (1952).

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VAN DER BIJL, W., HARRISON, J. Moonlight and the Pregnancy of Malayan Forest Rats. Nature 173, 1002–1003 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1731002a0

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