Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet concerning Pontecorvo's comments on Burnet's ideas on the role of recombination in epidemiology and the development of virulent strains by recombination
- Date:
- Nov 1953-Jan 1954
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/3/12
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Publication/Creation
Nov 1953-Jan 1954
Physical description
2 letters (2 pages)
Biographical note
In 1960 Burnet won the Nobel prize for demonstrating acquired immune tolerance and developing the theory of clonal selection.
Terms of use
Open and available at Glasgow University Archive Services.
.Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.