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Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'On the inheritance of food effects in a flour beetle, Tribolium destructor' by J M Reynolds

Reference number: RR/68/492

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Much of the paper is taken up with discussion of previous work, but this is essential to the nature of the paper.

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/68/492
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1944
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1 page
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Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'On the inheritance of food effects in a flour beetle, Tribolium destructor' by J M Reynolds, 1944, RR/68/492, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_492/referees-report-by-vincent-brian-wigglesworth-on-a-paper-on-the-inheritance-of-food-effects-in-a-flour-beetle-tribolium-destructor-by-j-m-reynolds, accessed on 08 December 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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