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Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'The form-transformation of the abdomen of the female pea-crab, Pinnotheres pisum Leach' by A E Needhamto D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/72/204

Date: 15 October 1949

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He encloses his report on the paper. Although his comments should be sent, he wishes for his name not be shared with the author. He can't understand why the author didn't refer top his published work on the same subject. He cannot allow himself to be prejudiced by this and the author's methods might be superior to his.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1950].

Endorsed on recto as received 17 October 1949.

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RR/72/204
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15 October 1949
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Standardised form (type E)
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1 page
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Typescript
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Julian Sorell Huxley, Letter from Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'The form-transformation of the abdomen of the female pea-crab, Pinnotheres pisum Leach' by A E Needhamto D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 15 October 1949, RR/72/204, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_204/letter-from-julian-sorell-huxley-on-a-paper-the-form-transformation-of-the-abdomen-of-the-female-pea-crab-pinnotheres-pisum-leach-by-a-e-needhamto-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 08 December 2025

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