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Referee's report by Reginald Ruggles Gates, on a paper 'On the chromosomes of Ascaris megalocephala' by Michael James Denham White

Reference number: RR/57/48

Date: November 1935

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Finds it hard to come to an opinion on the paper. The ideas are based on a historic paper, with new evidence not backing up the claims. Suggests the author submit the paper as a note to Nature.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 30 November 1935.

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RR/57/48
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November 1935
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Reginald Ruggles Gates, Referee's report by Reginald Ruggles Gates, on a paper 'On the chromosomes of Ascaris megalocephala' by Michael James Denham White, November 1935, RR/57/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_57_48/referees-report-by-reginald-ruggles-gates-on-a-paper-on-the-chromosomes-of-ascaris-megalocephala-by-michael-james-denham-white, accessed on 13 May 2026

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