EBK BIOLOGY:SCIENCE F/LIFE
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Author: BELK
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 24, Problem 2AAATB
Nerve impulses travel more quickly at warmer temperatures and down axons that are larger in diameter. What would you predict about the axons of squid that make their home in the coldest depths of an ocean?
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