Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Professor John Burdon Sanderson ("Jack") Haldane concerning the work Haldane had been doing at the Indian Statistical Institute and a detailed overview of research work currently undertaken by Pontecorvo and his team at the University of Glasgow
- Date:
- Sep 1960-Nov 1960
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/3/18
- 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
They also discuss the work of Haldane's colleague S K Roy and Pontecorvo's decision to ask Roy to give a seminar at Glasgow. He also mentions that at Glasgow the main purpose of his research work is "genetics analysis via somatic segregation and gives an update on his Aspergillus work, to which Haldane responds "you are certainly going for Everest rather than Ben Lomond".
Publication/Creation
Sep 1960-Nov 1960
Physical description
4 letters (4 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.