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Referee's report by Reginald Ruggles Gates, on a paper 'The external mechanics of the chromosomes. Parts I -V' by Cyril Dean Darlington

Reference number: RR/55/101

Date: October 1935

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Sectional committee: Botany

Not recommended for publication in its present form. It contains little new observations and it tries to create a hypotheses based on assumptions. It's publication would be very expensive and not justified. It might acquire value if it were shortened. If published, corrections should be made.

[All papers published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1936].

Endorsed on verso as received 11 October 1935.

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RR/55/101
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October 1935
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Reginald Ruggles Gates, Referee's report by Reginald Ruggles Gates, on a paper 'The external mechanics of the chromosomes. Parts I -V' by Cyril Dean Darlington, October 1935, RR/55/101, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_55_101/referees-report-by-reginald-ruggles-gates-on-a-paper-the-external-mechanics-of-the-chromosomes-parts-i-v-by-cyril-dean-darlington, accessed on 07 December 2025

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