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Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On the marsupial pouches, mammary glands, and mammary foetus of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen

Reference number: RR/5/165

Date: July 1865

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Zoology and Physiology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865]

Reference number
RR/5/165
Earliest possible date
July 1865
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Sharpey

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William Sharpey, Referee's report by William Sharpey, on a paper 'On the marsupial pouches, mammary glands, and mammary foetus of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen, July 1865, RR/5/165, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_165/referees-report-by-william-sharpey-on-a-paper-on-the-marsupial-pouches-mammary-glands-and-mammary-foetus-of-the-echidna-hystrix-by-richard-owen, accessed on 09 December 2024

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