The American Naturalist, 12. köideEssex Institute, 1878 |
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... body . And no one knows as yet how far mental bias , may affect the nutrition of the parts of the infant in utero . Certain it is , that if use modifies nutrition in the adult , it must have still greater influence in the young ; and it ...
... body . And no one knows as yet how far mental bias , may affect the nutrition of the parts of the infant in utero . Certain it is , that if use modifies nutrition in the adult , it must have still greater influence in the young ; and it ...
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... body of shallow water , about 8,400 square miles in extent . It is the residuum of an enormous lake that in very ancient times must have occupied an area of 500,000 square miles , until by some great convulsion the western maritime ...
... body of shallow water , about 8,400 square miles in extent . It is the residuum of an enormous lake that in very ancient times must have occupied an area of 500,000 square miles , until by some great convulsion the western maritime ...
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... body by a foramen on each side . This is well exhibited by a centrum shown in fig . 6 , from which the anterior wall has been removed , and the mineral contents of the chambers extracted . The communication of the latter with the ab ...
... body by a foramen on each side . This is well exhibited by a centrum shown in fig . 6 , from which the anterior wall has been removed , and the mineral contents of the chambers extracted . The communication of the latter with the ab ...
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... body in some of these earlier types enabled them to reach their food without the anterior limbs leaving the earth . The vertebræ from all parts of the column of Camarasaurus are known , and those of the dorsal and lumbar regions present ...
... body in some of these earlier types enabled them to reach their food without the anterior limbs leaving the earth . The vertebræ from all parts of the column of Camarasaurus are known , and those of the dorsal and lumbar regions present ...
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... body . The femur is extraordinarily robust . The great trochanter is low , but the shaft is widest where it expands outward . The third trochanter is a ridge , is above the middle , and is short and little prominent . It is on the inner ...
... body . The femur is extraordinarily robust . The great trochanter is low , but the shaft is widest where it expands outward . The third trochanter is a ridge , is above the middle , and is short and little prominent . It is on the inner ...
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