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MR. YAPP'S communication on this subject1 is of considerable interest because it suggests that temperature may be a more suitable stimulus than pH for making a quantitative investigation of klino-kinesis in Paramecium. A quantitative study is required to discover how completely the klino-kinesis scheme describes behaviour in gradients.
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GUNN, D. Klino-kinesis in Paramecium. Nature 149, 78–79 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149078b0
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