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Robert J. Cabin

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Ashli Moore, Paul Bartell

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How the Owl Tracks Its Prey

Masakazu Konishi

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Mark D. Holmes, Don M. Tucker

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Gregory Alan Babbitt

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Katherine Elizabeth Willmore

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James Trefil, Harold J. Morowitz, Eric Smith

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Jill P. Zamzow, Peter A. Nelson, George S. Losey

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Edward O. Wilson, David Sloan Wilson

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A Stone-Age Meeting of Minds

Thomas Wynn, Frederick L. Coolidge

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The Phenotypic Plasticity of Death Valley's Pupfish

Sean C. Lema

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The Origins of Larvae

Donald I. Williamson, Sonya E. Vickers

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David Kaiser

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Elaine A. Ostrander

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Roberto Ballarini, Arthur H. Heuer

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The Uniqueness of Human Recursive Thinking

Michael C. Corballis

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Imprinted and More Equal

Randy Jirtle, Jennifer Weidman

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Why We Develop Food Allergies

Per Brandtzaeg

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The Mysterious Origin of the Sweet Apple

Barrie Juniper

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Christine Harris

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Christopher B. Ruff

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Ralf Dahm

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Irving Biederman, Edward Vessel

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