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Referee's report by John Desmond Bernal, on a paper 'Evidence on spiral structure and chromosome pairing in osmunda regalis L' by Irene Manton

Reference number: RR/65/174

Date: 1938

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Sectional committee: Botany

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The presentation of the plates is 'extremely confusing' and should be modified. The account seems 'somewhat long and involved'. The paper should be published for the benefit of cytologists.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1939].

Endorsed on verso as received 1938.

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RR/65/174
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1938
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Standardised form (type E) and note on paper
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4 pages
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John Desmond Bernal

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John Desmond Bernal, Referee's report by John Desmond Bernal, on a paper 'Evidence on spiral structure and chromosome pairing in osmunda regalis L' by Irene Manton, 1938, RR/65/174, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_65_174/referees-report-by-john-desmond-bernal-on-a-paper-evidence-on-spiral-structure-and-chromosome-pairing-in-osmunda-regalis-l-by-irene-manton, accessed on 10 December 2024

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