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Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'The effect of environment on the development of echinoderm larvae: an experimental inquiry into the causes of variation' by H M Vernon

Reference number: RR/12/400

Date: 04 February 1895

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Does not consider the paper to be fully complete or conclusive. Recommends publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. The figures should be given as process blocks in the text. Suggests the author determine the range of variation in the larvae before the experiment has begun.

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

Reference number
RR/12/400
Earliest possible date
04 February 1895
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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, Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on a paper 'The effect of environment on the development of echinoderm larvae: an experimental inquiry into the causes of variation' by H M Vernon, 04 February 1895, RR/12/400, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_400/referees-report-by-edwin-ray-lankester-on-a-paper-the-effect-of-environment-on-the-development-of-echinoderm-larvae-an-experimental-inquiry-into-the-causes-of-variation-by-h-m-vernon, accessed on 12 June 2025

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