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Learning in three species of diptera: The blow flyPhormia regina, the fruit flyDrosophila melanogaster, and the house flyMusca domestica

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McGuire, T.R. Learning in three species of diptera: The blow flyPhormia regina, the fruit flyDrosophila melanogaster, and the house flyMusca domestica . Behav Genet 14, 479–526 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065445

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