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Referee's report by Francis John Worsley Roughton, on a paper 'The growth, growth energy, and ageing of the chicken’s heart' by Peter Brian Medawar

Reference number: RR/67/285

Date: July 1940

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It is a useful contribution to a difficult subject. Some modifications should be made.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1940].

Endorsed on verso as received 13 July 1940.

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RR/67/285
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July 1940
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Francis John Worsley Roughton, Referee's report by Francis John Worsley Roughton, on a paper 'The growth, growth energy, and ageing of the chicken’s heart' by Peter Brian Medawar, July 1940, RR/67/285, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_67_285/referees-report-by-francis-john-worsley-roughton-on-a-paper-the-growth-growth-energy-and-ageing-of-the-chickens-heart-by-peter-brian-medawar, accessed on 20 July 2025

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