Letters sent to Pontecorvo from Salvador Edward Luria concerning Pontecorvo's recent papers in Natureand research plans
- Date:
- Dec 1944-Dec 1945
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/3/1
- Part of:
- Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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Description
Luria asks if it is worth exploring whether "phenomena of the type of heterokaryosis, with nuclear exchanges, occcur in bacteria" and also asks Pontecorvo about his plans for the future and if he will return to Italy. One letter is in Italian.
Publication/Creation
Dec 1944-Dec 1945
Physical description
2 letters (2 pages)
Biographical note
Luria won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his pioneering work with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey on phages in molecular biology.
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.