Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Boris Ephrussi responding to what Pontecorvo described as "the nightmare of defining "genetic" properties and changes"
- Date:
- 5 Feb 1953
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/3/9
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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About this work
Description
Ephrussi writes that he agress with Pontecorvo on the "difficulty of rigorous definition" of terms such as "genetic", "differentiation" and "mutation". He also makes reference to a discussion on this matter to be held at Gale's symposium.
Publication/Creation
5 Feb 1953
Physical description
1 letter (1 page)
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.
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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.