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Referee's report by Otto Fritz Meyerhof, on a paper 'Morphogenesis and metabolism: studies with the Cartesian diver ultramicro-manometer V. Aerobic glycolysis measurements on the regions of the amphibian gastrula' by Joseph Needham, Veronica Rogers and Shih-chang Shen

Reference number: RR/65/198

Date: 1939

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, if shortened. The paper is much too long. The part about metabolism in different parts of the egg should be regarded as a contribution to knowledge.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1939].

Endorsed on verso as received 1939.

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RR/65/198
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Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Referee's report by Otto Fritz Meyerhof, on a paper 'Morphogenesis and metabolism: studies with the Cartesian diver ultramicro-manometer V. Aerobic glycolysis measurements on the regions of the amphibian gastrula' by Joseph Needham, Veronica Rogers and Shih-chang Shen, 1939, RR/65/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_65_198/referees-report-by-otto-fritz-meyerhof-on-a-paper-morphogenesis-and-metabolism-studies-with-the-cartesian-diver-ultramicro-manometer-v-aerobic-glycolysis-measurements-on-the-regions-of-the-amphibian-gastrula-by-joseph-needham-veronica-rogers-and-shih-chang-shen, accessed on 06 December 2025

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