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  • Searching for - Laurel AND Hardy - will find only those pages that contain both words.
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'Match' box - searching for the word "gene" with the following settings

  • Distinct Word - will only find pages that contain the word "gene"
  • Part of word - will find pages that contain "gene", "genetics" and "transgene"
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