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Referee's report by Augustus Daniel Imms, on a paper 'The influence of selection on the preferendum of a Chalcid (Microplectron fuscipennis Zett.) and its significance in the biological control of an insect pest' by A Wilkes

Reference number: RR/68/209

Date: 1941

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The original images should be provided, as the photographic prints are too small to reproduce well. Suggests shortening the summary.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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RR/68/209
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1941
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2 pages
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Augustus Daniel Imms, Referee's report by Augustus Daniel Imms, on a paper 'The influence of selection on the preferendum of a Chalcid (Microplectron fuscipennis Zett.) and its significance in the biological control of an insect pest' by A Wilkes, 1941, RR/68/209, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_209/referees-report-by-augustus-daniel-imms-on-a-paper-the-influence-of-selection-on-the-preferendum-of-a-chalcid-microplectron-fuscipennis-zett-and-its-significance-in-the-biological-control-of-an-insect-pest-by-a-wilkes, accessed on 08 July 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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