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Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The segmentation and chondrification of the skull of the duck' by Gavin Rylands De Beer and Ernest James William Barrington

Reference number: RR/49/14

Date: October 1933

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', if condensed. Wonders if the time has come to finish publishing laborious examinations of embryological development. Suggests omitting some of the figures.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 25 October 1933.

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RR/49/14
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October 1933
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John Graham Kerr, Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The segmentation and chondrification of the skull of the duck' by Gavin Rylands De Beer and Ernest James William Barrington, October 1933, RR/49/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_49_14/referees-report-by-john-graham-kerr-on-a-paper-the-segmentation-and-chondrification-of-the-skull-of-the-duck-by-gavin-rylands-de-beer-and-ernest-james-william-barrington, accessed on 29 April 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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