Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? (60 page)

as intelligent,
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,
240
–41,
242

manufacture of protein-based drugs in,
64
,
165

medicinal uses of,
54
–56

Persian empire and,
52
–53

raising of,
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,
200
,
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,
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,
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,
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in religious stories,
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,
49
,
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,
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religious uses of,
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–49,
51
,
53
,
54
,
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,
147
–48,
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–56,
169
,
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–81,
182
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,
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–87,
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,
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–91

reproductive vigor of,
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research on,
76
–83,
99
,
130
–36,
138
,
140
–43

rooster's symbolic history,
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,
49
,
53
,
154
–58

as sacred,
46
–49,
51
,
154
–55,
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,
200

as sacrificial animal,
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,
53
–54,
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–80,
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–82,
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–86,
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–91,
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sex and fertility linked to,
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–53,
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sex organs of,
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–51,
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–67

slaves as merchants of,
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–95,
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,
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–3,
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,
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,
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spread of,
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–5,
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–42,
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,
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,
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–66,
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–76,
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–85,
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–10,
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,
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–84

strange qualities of,
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symbolism of,
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,
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treatment of,
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,
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ubiquity of,
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–2,
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as underestimated,
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,
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varieties of,
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visual system of,
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,
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–43

vulnerabilities of,
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women as primary caretakers of,
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,
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see also
cockfights;
specific breeds

chicken soup,
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,
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,
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Chieng Ngan,
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Chile,
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76
,
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China,
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,
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–42,
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–49,
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–92,
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–12,
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–53,
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–56,
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–58,
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Chinese Silkie,
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Chirac, Jacques,
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Christensen, Glen,
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Christianity,
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–43,
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,
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–56,
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,
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,
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,
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Christmas Carol, A
(Dickens),
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chukar,
33

Chung, Nguyen Dong,
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–52,
256

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye,
182

Cicero,
187
–89,
191

Cissonius,
229

Civil War, U.S.,
195
,
198
,
231

Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue,
151

Clemons, Wally,
97

Clinton, Bill,
181
,
191

Clinton, Mike,
165
–67

cloacae,
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–50,
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Cochin China fowl,
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,
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–28,
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,
143
,
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,
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cock, as term,
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–52

“Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!” (Melville),
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cockfights,
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–98,
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–108,
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–70,
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–73,
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,
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outlawing of,
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–5

as religious act,
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–101,
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Coetzee, J. M.,
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Cohn, Martin,
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
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Cole, Fay-Cooper,
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Colombia,
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Columbus, Christopher,
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combs,
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–7,
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Communist Manifesto, The
(Marx),
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Compassion in World Farming,
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compulsory sterilization,
63

Confucius,
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Congress, U.S.,
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,
15
,
63
,
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Constantine I, Roman Emperor,
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Cook, James,
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–67,
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Coolidge, Calvin and Mrs.,
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Coons, Chris,
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Cooper, Alan,
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,
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–83,
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,
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,
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Cooper, Joanne,
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–30

Cornish Cross,
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,
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Cornish hens,
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Cortés, Hernán,
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,
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,
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Cottage Gardener, The,
127

Creek Indians,
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Crito,
50

Cromwell, Oliver,
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Crown Heights, N.Y.,
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Cuba,
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,
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curassow,
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,
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curry,
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–36

Cuvier, Georges,
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Cyrus the Great, king of Persia,
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,
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cysteine,
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D

D'Alembert's Dream
(Diderot),
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Darwin, Charles,
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,
9
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13
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–13,
125
–26,
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–30,
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,
133
–43,
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,
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,
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,
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Davenport, Charles,
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Davis, Karen,
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–28

Defoe, Daniel,
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Delaware,
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–6,
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,
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Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village,
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Delmarva Chicken Festival,
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Delmarva Peninsula,
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Delos,
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,
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Depp, Johnny,
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Descartes, René,
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–41,
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,
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Diamond, Jared,
3
,
67
–68

Dickens, Charles,
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,
119
,
136

Dickson, Walter,
124

Dictionary of Canadian Biography
,
110

Diderot, Denis,
50

dinosaurs,
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–59,
160
–61,
162
–63

Dixon, Edmund Saul,
9
,
65
,
135
–38,
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–42,
146

dogs,
3
,
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,
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,
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Dominican Republic,
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Dominiques,
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Dorkings,
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Down House,
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Dresden,
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–59,
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Dublin,
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,
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ducks,
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,
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Dueppen, Stephen,
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–86

Duncan, Ian,
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E

Easter Island,
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–69,
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,
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,
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,
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Easter Island, Earth Island
,
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Edward III, king of England,
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eggs,
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–5,
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,
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,
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development of,
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,
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,
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,
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food alternatives to,
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–59

importation of,
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nutritional value of,
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production of,
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,
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,
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,
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sex detection and,
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structure of,
59

as test subjects,
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–61,
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,
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,
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–62,
166
–67,
242

as used in vaccine production,
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–59,
60

uses for,
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,
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Egypt,
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–31,
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,
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–2

Eijkman, Christiaan,
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El Arenal,
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,
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,
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–75

Elysée Palace,
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,
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Endeavour
, HMS,
66

Engels, Friedrich,
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–37

English chicken,
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,
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“Enki and the World Order,” 39

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
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Epidaurus,
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,
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Epstein, Beryl,
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–79,
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eugenics movement,
63

Europe,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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-60

European Union,
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,
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evolution,
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–12,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–61,
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-63

F

Fakieh Poultry Farms,
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Fancy, The,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
137
,
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,
217
,
239
,
260

Farming for Ladies
,
116

Farrow, Thomas,
105

Federal Drug Administration, U.S.,
220

Federmann, Nikolaus,
72

finches,
130
,
135

Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.,
16
,
18

Food and Drug Administration, U.S. (FDA),
59

Foreign Agricultural Service,
219

Fox, William Darwin,
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–39,
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Fragiel, Lorenzo,
106
–7

France,
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,
61
–62,
63
,
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,
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,
131
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,
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–2,
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,
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–35,
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–37,
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,
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