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Letter from Conrad Hal Waddington, on a paper 'The effects of antero-posterior reversal of lengths of the primitive streak in the chick' by Michael Abercrombie to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/72/2

Date: 18 August 1949

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Reporting on the paper was an embarrassing task for him as the author had put his discussion in terms of a criticism of a view which was attributed to him. However, it was a view that he had never held. He has expressed an opinion of the paper but another opinion should be sought from Julian Huxley.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions B, 1950].

Endorsed on recto as received 19 August 1949.

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RR/72/2
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18 August 1949
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Conrad Hal Waddington, Letter from Conrad Hal Waddington, on a paper 'The effects of antero-posterior reversal of lengths of the primitive streak in the chick' by Michael Abercrombie to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 18 August 1949, RR/72/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_2/letter-from-conrad-hal-waddington-on-a-paper-the-effects-of-antero-posterior-reversal-of-lengths-of-the-primitive-streak-in-the-chick-by-michael-abercrombie-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 May 2025

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