Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Joshua Lederberg concerning Dr Joseph Alan Roper's Rockefeller fellowship and 1 year trip to the United States
- Date:
- Apr 1952
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/1/25
- 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
Description
Pontecorvo was keen that Roper spend time withe Lederberg during his trip. They also briefly discuss Pontecorvo's work on genetic recombination using Aspergillus nidulans. Pontecorvo writes "our work on somatic crossing over has produced extraordinary results".
Publication/Creation
Apr 1952
Physical description
3 letters (5 pages)
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.