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Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'Researches on the impregnation of the ovum in the amphibia; and on the early stages of development of the embryo. ( third series.)' by George Newport

Reference number: RR/2/169

Date: September 1854

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Paper has been arranged by George Viner Ellis, paper communicated by John Forbes. Refers to work by Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm Bischoff, Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolph Leuckart, Martin Barry, Johannes Peter Müller, and Quatrepasses [?]. Suggests moving quoted extracts from the main body of text into footnotes.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/169
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September 1854
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Allen Thomson, Referee's report by Allen Thomson, on a paper 'Researches on the impregnation of the ovum in the amphibia; and on the early stages of development of the embryo. ( third series.)' by George Newport, September 1854, RR/2/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_169/referees-report-by-allen-thomson-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-impregnation-of-the-ovum-in-the-amphibia-and-on-the-early-stages-of-development-of-the-embryo-third-series-by-george-newport, accessed on 21 January 2025

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