Retention of Memory through Metamorphosis: Can a Moth Remember What It Learned As a Caterpillar?

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Douglas J. Blackiston,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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Elena Silva Casey,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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Martha R. Weiss

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: weissm@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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Reader Comments

Fun to read, and interesting even for someone in a quite different field. Has developmental, chemical, evolutionary implications.

No competing interests declared.

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