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Returns from helicopter-rclcased drift bottles over Diamond

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The mesolamella of hydra is dissociable by means of divalent metal chelation with EDTA and is more susceptible to this treatment than the intercellular cements of each layer. Uncontaminated gastrodermal and epidermal cells may be obtained by this treatment.

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