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Referee's report by Reginald Crundall Punnett, on a paper 'The genetical activity of heterochromatin' by Kenneth Mather

Reference number: RR/68/393

Date: 07 November 1943

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Cannot comment on the statistical method, can only assume its validity. The experimental method is ingenious.

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/68/393
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07 November 1943
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Reginald Crundall Punnett, Referee's report by Reginald Crundall Punnett, on a paper 'The genetical activity of heterochromatin' by Kenneth Mather, 07 November 1943, RR/68/393, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_393/referees-report-by-reginald-crundall-punnett-on-a-paper-the-genetical-activity-of-heterochromatin-by-kenneth-mather, accessed on 08 November 2025

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