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Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the female organs and placentation of the raccoon (Procyon lotor)' by Morrison Watson

Reference number: RR/8/354

Date: 23 March 1881

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests the paper would require careful revision if accepted for publication.

Subject: Zoology, Physiology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]

Reference number
RR/8/354
Earliest possible date
23 March 1881
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Thomas Henry Huxley

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Thomas Henry Huxley, Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the female organs and placentation of the raccoon (Procyon lotor)' by Morrison Watson, 23 March 1881, RR/8/354, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_354/referees-report-by-thomas-henry-huxley-on-a-paper-on-the-female-organs-and-placentation-of-the-raccoon-procyon-lotor-by-morrison-watson, accessed on 12 December 2024

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