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1Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California
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Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan. This work was done during tenure of a U. S. Public Health Service Special Fellowship.
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This work was aided by grants from the American Cancer Society, recommended by the Committee on Growth, National Research Council.