Letter from J [James] Gray to Mr [John David Griffith] Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, regarding a paper ['The heteropycnosis of sex-chromosomes and its interpretation in terms of spiral structure' by Michael James Denham White]

Reference number: RR/W/7/14

Date: 14 June 1938

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Paper reference code: B.21

Believes the paper should not be published in the 'Proceedings' in its present form. May be of interest to specialist readers, but not much general interest in it. Agrees with Professor [Lancelot] Hogben's suggestion that it should be published in a specialist cytological journal.

[Not published].

Received 15 June 1938

Reference number: RR/W/7/14
Earliest possible date: 14 June 1938
Physical description: Letter on paper
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Typescript

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Lancelot Thomas Hogben

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Sir James Gray

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Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Sir James Gray, Letter from J [James] Gray to Mr [John David Griffith] Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, regarding a paper ['The heteropycnosis of sex-chromosomes and its interpretation in terms of spiral structure' by Michael James Denham White], 14 June 1938, RR/W/7/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_7_14/letter-from-j-james-gray-to-mr-john-david-griffith-davies-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-regarding-a-paper-the-heteropycnosis-of-sex-chromosomes-and-its-interpretation-in-terms-of-spiral-structure-by-michael-james-denham-white, accessed on 07 October 2026

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