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Paper reference code: B.21

The paper by White has been seen by two referees. One recommended publication elsewhere and the other recommended the paper for the 'Proceedings'. Asking for Gray's opinion on the matter due to his position as Chairman [of the Zoology Sectional Committee]. Encloses copies of the reports [see RR/W/7/12 and RR/W/7/13].

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/W/7/11
Earliest possible date
09 June 1938
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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John David Griffith Davies

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John David Griffith Davies, Letter from J D [John David] Griffith Davies to J [James] Gray, regarding a paper 'The heteropycnosis of sex-chromosomes and its interpretation in terms of spiral structure' by M J D [Michael James Denham] White, 09 June 1938, RR/W/7/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_11/letter-from-j-d-john-david-griffith-davies-to-j-james-gray-regarding-a-paper-the-heteropycnosis-of-sex-chromosomes-and-its-interpretation-in-terms-of-spiral-structure-by-m-j-d-michael-james-denham-white, accessed on 06 September 2026

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