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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to Dr David R. Trentham, Professor Carlo
Reggiani and Professor Sir Andrew F. Huxley for their help with
the manuscript.
Corresponding author
M. A. Ferenczi: National Institute for Medical Research, The
Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.
Email: m-ferenc@nimr.mrc.ac.uk