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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is hard to follow and poorly composed, with weak areas, but the information contained within is important. Referee has only had time to skim the paper in order to meet the deadline.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1913]

Endorsed on verso as received 21 November 1912.

Reference number
RR/19/3
Earliest possible date
20 November 1912
Physical description
Standardised form (type A) and letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Bateson

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William Bateson, Referee's report by William Bateson, on a paper 'Transmission of environmental effects from parent to offspring in Simocephalus vetulus' by Wilfred Eade Agar, 20 November 1912, RR/19/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_19_3/referees-report-by-william-bateson-on-a-paper-transmission-of-environmental-effects-from-parent-to-offspring-in-simocephalus-vetulus-by-wilfred-eade-agar, accessed on 09 February 2025

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