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Theory of Protozoan Habituation

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THE protozoan Spirostomum habituates to a series of mechanical shocks so that it no longer contracts to the stimulus; after several minutes the organisms have returned to their pre-stimulus level of sensitivity1. We propose a preliminary theory to explain this behaviour.

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  1. Biology Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520

    PHILIP B. APPLEWHITE & FRANK T. GARDNER

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APPLEWHITE, P., GARDNER, F. Theory of Protozoan Habituation. Nature New Biology 230, 285–287 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio230285a0

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