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Second referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On the sexual cells and the early stages in the development of Millepora plicata' by Sydney John Hickson

Reference number: RR/10/180

Date: 26 January 1888

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has examined the specimen preparations and the illustrations and finds them good, but does not consider the evidence demonstrative.

Subject: Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

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RR/10/180
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26 January 1888
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edwin Ray Lankester

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Edwin Ray Lankester, Second referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'On the sexual cells and the early stages in the development of Millepora plicata' by Sydney John Hickson, 26 January 1888, RR/10/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_180/second-referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-on-the-sexual-cells-and-the-early-stages-in-the-development-of-millepora-plicata-by-sydney-john-hickson, accessed on 20 September 2024

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