Bundle of correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor Linsday S Olive commenting on Pontecorvo's recent paper on Aspergillus and Olive's interest to learn more about relative heterothallism
- Date:
- Dec 1953-Sep 1954
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/1/36
- 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 also writes about his study into diploids and vegetative recombination using Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum, and how this study has "now confirmed the existence of what I have called "para-sexual" cycle".
Bundle also contains brief correspondence between Pontecorvo and the editor ofScientific Monthlywho asked Pontecorvo for his comments on an article by Dr Harry E Wheeler on the Genetics of Homothallic Fungi. Draft of Pontecorvo's response statement is also included.
Publication/Creation
Dec 1953-Sep 1954
Physical description
8 letters, 1 draft paper (14 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.