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Referee's report by James Hartley Ashworth, on a paper 'Transference of Induced food-habit from parent to offspring. Part I' by D E Sladden

Reference number: RR/51/68

Date: 28 November 1933

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' as a record of observations. Finds the subject outside of his experience, and feels another referee with more experience with feeding insects would be able to judge the significance of the paper more fully. Suggests also a statistician be sought for an opinion, suggests Ronald Aylmer Fisher. The modifications in the introduction satisfactorily address the criticisms of the first referee.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 1 December 1933.

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RR/51/68
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28 November 1933
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James Hartley Ashworth, Referee's report by James Hartley Ashworth, on a paper 'Transference of Induced food-habit from parent to offspring. Part I' by D E Sladden, 28 November 1933, RR/51/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_68/referees-report-by-james-hartley-ashworth-on-a-paper-transference-of-induced-food-habit-from-parent-to-offspring-part-i-by-d-e-sladden, accessed on 13 January 2025

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