Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Dr Giuseppe (Gio or "Joe") Bertani discussing their research into crossing over and exchanges between alleles
- Date:
- Dec 1954
- Reference:
- UGC 198/3/1/45
- 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 mentions that his general working hypothesis is that "sister chromatid crossing-over is a necessary part of the process of chromosome reproduction". He also discusses Robert ("Bob") Pritchard's discovery of "multiple exhanges between alleles".
Publication/Creation
Dec 1954
Physical description
2 letters (2 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.