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Referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'Cytogenetic analysis of the action of carcinogens and tumour inhibitors in Drosophila melanogaster. I. 1:2 3:4 diepoxybutane' by Myrtle J Bird and O G Fahmy

Reference number: RR/78/13

Date: 15 March 1952

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Paper reference code: B12

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. Refers to reference that radiation causes mutation, comments on figures 4 and 5, and several grammatical errors.

[Published in Proceedings B, 1953].

Date received not given.

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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, Referee's report by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, on a paper 'Cytogenetic analysis of the action of carcinogens and tumour inhibitors in Drosophila melanogaster. I. 1:2 3:4 diepoxybutane' by Myrtle J Bird and O G Fahmy, 15 March 1952, RR/78/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_78_13/referees-report-by-john-burdon-sanderson-haldane-on-a-paper-cytogenetic-analysis-of-the-action-of-carcinogens-and-tumour-inhibitors-in-drosophila-melanogaster-i-12-34-diepoxybutane-by-myrtle-j-bird-and-o-g-fahmy, accessed on 12 February 2026

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