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Referee's report by Cresswell Shearer, on a paper 'Determination and differentiation in ascidian development' by Norman John Berrill

Reference number: RR/55/34

Date: 21 August 1925

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication. He 'cannot agree with the author's conclusions'. The paper should be submitted to another referee. He cannot understand the numbers.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 23 August 1935.

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RR/55/34
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21 August 1925
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Cresswell Shearer, Referee's report by Cresswell Shearer, on a paper 'Determination and differentiation in ascidian development' by Norman John Berrill, 21 August 1925, RR/55/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_55_34/referees-report-by-cresswell-shearer-on-a-paper-determination-and-differentiation-in-ascidian-development-by-norman-john-berrill, accessed on 15 January 2025

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