File titled 'Limnea Stagnalis', 1953-1972
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence with Jean Piaget and others relating to Waddington's research into the Limnea genus of water snail. Also includes some photocopies of related articles and photographic images and illustrations.
Dates
- Creation: 1953-1972
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form where noted.
Biographical / Historical
In 1954, Waddington and G.G Selman published 'The structure of the spermatozoa in dextral and sinistral races of Limnea peregra (Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 94, pp. 391-397), but Waddington's interest in this research area clearly continued into the 1960s and beyond, where he researched the genetic assimilation of reduced height of the spire of Limnea stagnalis. It seems that Jean Piaget, who had made studies along these lines, loaned Waddington his early collection of Limnea stagnalis, (then in the Museum of Natural History in Geneva) which exhibited the shortening of the spire.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1078
Subject
Creator
Repository Details
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