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Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The resistance to desiccation of Drosophila mutants affecting body colour' by Hans Kalmus

Reference number: RR/68/93

Date: April 1941

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Sectional Committee: Zoology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests an amendment to the title. Finds some of the assertions not to have sufficient evidence.

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']

Endorsed on verso as received 7 April 1941.

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RR/68/93
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April 1941
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2 pages
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Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, Referee's report by Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, on a paper 'The resistance to desiccation of Drosophila mutants affecting body colour' by Hans Kalmus, April 1941, RR/68/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_93/referees-report-by-vincent-brian-wigglesworth-on-a-paper-the-resistance-to-desiccation-of-drosophila-mutants-affecting-body-colour-by-hans-kalmus, accessed on 10 October 2024

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