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Unpublished paper, 'Some stages in the development of the brain of Clupea harengus [Atlantic herring]' by Ernest W L [William Lyons] Holt

Reference number: AP/66/23

Date: 1890

Description

Holt outlines stages of development including the early larval stage, early post-larval stage, half inch stage and three-quarter inch stage and the development of the pineal gland.

Subject: Ichthyology / Neuroscience

Received 11 February 1890. Read 20 February 1890. Communicated by [William Michael] McIntosh.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 47 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Some stages in the development of the brain of Clupea harengus'.

Reference number
AP/66/23
Earliest possible date
1890
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
24 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Ernest William Lyons Holt

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Ernest William Lyons Holt, Unpublished paper, 'Some stages in the development of the brain of Clupea harengus [Atlantic herring]' by Ernest W L [William Lyons] Holt, 1890, AP/66/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_66_23/unpublished-paper-some-stages-in-the-development-of-the-brain-of-clupea-harengus-atlantic-herring-by-ernest-w-l-william-lyons-holt, accessed on 14 February 2025

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