larva
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Working with week-old zebrafish larva, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues decoded how the connections formed by a network of neurons in the brainstem guide the fishes' gaze.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024
Dr Smith said this might have been caused by high concentrations of phosphorus in the ocean where this larva briefly lived and died.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024
A doctor without firsthand knowledge of Kennedy's medical history told the Times that details described in the deposition pointed to a pork tapeworm larva.
From Salon • May 8, 2024
It has set its sights on a bizarre-looking insect larva known as the mealybug ladybird, which sports a coat of white, waxy filaments that resembles fleece.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 15, 2024
The young wasp, hatching as a larva, feeds on the paralyzed grub and destroys it.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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