Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor John Burdon Sanderson ("Jack") Haldane concerning Haldane's response to Pontecorvo's request from him to write something about sexual reproduction
- Date:
- Oct 1953-Jun 1954
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/1/33
- 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
Haldane addresses Pontecorvo by his personal nickname for him, "Crawbrigg". Pontecorvo's letter (Jun 1954) explains how he'd made "the first four point map of Aspergillus based on mitotic crossing over" and how "Roper and Pritchard have already obtained mitotic crossing over between alleles in Aspergillus".
This letter was annotated by Bernard L Cohen when he reviewed the collection for Pontecorvo's daughter, Lisa, "v. important copy letter for date and content but Haldane's reply would be even more important". Haldane's reply has not been found in the collection.
Publication/Creation
Oct 1953-Jun 1954
Physical description
2 letters (3 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.