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Referee's report by David Keilin, on a paper 'Phenolases and melanogenesis in the coelomic fluid of the echinoid Diadema antillarum Philippi' by F W Jacobson and Norman Millott

Reference number: RR/78/73

Date: 07 November 1952

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Paper reference code: B51

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings. Keilin remarks the authors make an attempt a biochemical study of melanogenesis in Echinoderms, though they are not familiar with modern quantitative biochemical methods applied to this field.

[Published in Proceedings B, 1953].

Date received not given.

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RR/78/73
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07 November 1952
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David Keilin, Referee's report by David Keilin, on a paper 'Phenolases and melanogenesis in the coelomic fluid of the echinoid Diadema antillarum Philippi' by F W Jacobson and Norman Millott, 07 November 1952, RR/78/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_78_73/referees-report-by-david-keilin-on-a-paper-phenolases-and-melanogenesis-in-the-coelomic-fluid-of-the-echinoid-diadema-antillarum-philippi-by-f-w-jacobson-and-norman-millott, accessed on 16 July 2025

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