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Referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'Control of nucleic acid supply in the hamster' by P C Koller

Reference number: RR/69/192

Date: 1945

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Sectional committee: Zoology

Not recommended for publication in its present form. The results are interesting but the reasoning seems to be fallacious. The author isn't justified in putting forward a biochemical explanation without biochemical evidence. If published, the title should be changed.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1946 with the title changed to 'Control of nucleic acid charge on the X-chromosome of the hamster'].

Date received not given.

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RR/69/192
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1945
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Standardised form (type E) and note on paper
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3 pages
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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'Control of nucleic acid supply in the hamster' by P C Koller, 1945, RR/69/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_192/referees-report-by-john-burdon-sanderson-haldane-on-a-paper-control-of-nucleic-acid-supply-in-the-hamster-by-p-c-koller, accessed on 19 April 2026

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