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

Reference number: RR/5/169

Date: 1865

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper furthers researches previously published by the same author.

Subject: Zoology and Physiology

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

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RR/5/169
Earliest possible date
1865
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Busk

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George Busk, Referee's report by George Busk, on a paper 'On the marsupial pouches, mammary glands, and mammary foetus of the Echidna hystrix' by Richard Owen, 1865, RR/5/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_169/referees-report-by-george-busk-on-a-paper-on-the-marsupial-pouches-mammary-glands-and-mammary-foetus-of-the-echidna-hystrix-by-richard-owen, accessed on 12 September 2024

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