The fear of falling behind was shared by members of the Minamisoma Fire Department, who combed the debris for bodies.
Dozens of people combed the beach for the bodies of their children.
Dogs were thoroughly examined for ectoparasites by combing the entire body surfaces on a clear sheet of white paper.
While combing the mushroom bodies for evidence of aggression genes, a team of researchers at the University of Tokyo and Tamagawa University in Japan found a weird chunk of RNA that wasn't encoded by the honeybee genome.
To confirm this hypothesis, Carranza and colleagues combed the literature for information on body size in ungulates and obtained measurements of the chewing surfaces of molars and premolars from museum specimens.
At least 20 people were still missing late Sunday night after the crash, and a crowd gathered on the shore of the Padma River west of Dhaka, the capital, to watch as rescue vessels combed the water in search of bodies and survivors.
Rescuers, who found his body on Tuesday, had combed the area for four days after the aircraft crashed into a reservoir south of the Moroccan capital, Rabat.
Mr. Taylor was among some 400 searchers who combed the area for the boy for four days before finding the body.
Forensic specialists combed the forest.
