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From which creature's giant axon did Andrew Huxley and Hodgkin make their key discovery?

  • Pacific Octopus

  • Atlantic Squid

  • Mediterranean Jellyfish

  • Arctic Whale

Answer

The Atlantic squid has a giant axon, and this axon is large enough to be studied in the laboratory. Andrew Huxley and Hodgkin made their key discovery about the electrical properties of neurons using the giant axon of the Atlantic squid.
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