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Published online 13 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020211-4
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The Drosophila Standard Brain
Average insect brain should help spot defects and their causes.
Two hair's breadths long and five across - that's the average capacity of a fly's brain, German researchers have calculated. They hope to set a benchmark for crania by which oddballs can be judged.
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