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Referee's report by James Gray, on a paper 'The effects of cold and colchicine on mitosis in the newt' by Horace Newton Barber and Harold Garnet Callan

Reference number: RR/68/212

Date: 1942

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. All but one of the observations are of little interest, and the discussion is of a highly speculative nature. No reference is made to relevant literature.

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/68/212
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1942
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2 pages
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James Gray, Referee's report by James Gray, on a paper 'The effects of cold and colchicine on mitosis in the newt' by Horace Newton Barber and Harold Garnet Callan, 1942, RR/68/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_212/referees-report-by-james-gray-on-a-paper-the-effects-of-cold-and-colchicine-on-mitosis-in-the-newt-by-horace-newton-barber-and-harold-garnet-callan, accessed on 13 May 2026

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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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