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Animal Genetics

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Material relating to Charlotte Auerbach

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-1266
Content Description Contains: A copy of Auerbach's PhD thesis, with handwritten corrections; Charlotte Auerbach's degree and honorary degree certificates, as well certificates relating various medals and prizes; correspondence with various societies and organisations; biographical papers relating to Auerbach collected by Geoffrey Beale in preparation of his biographical memoir of Auerbach for the Royal Society. These papers include copies of some of Auerbach's published books, cassette tapes of interviews...
Dates: 1935-1995

Mouse Atlas Archive: Matthew H Kaufman collection of glass slides showing sections of mouse embryos at various stages of development

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1829
Content Description Collection of histological sections on glass slides of the mouse embryo at all stages of development created by Professor Matthew Kaufman between c. 1975-1990. Also includes two volumes for which the collection was used ('The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development' and 'Kaufman's Atlas of Mouse Development Supplement - with coronal sections'); a file of supporting documents (an index to the embryos in each box and the identification of sections used in the Atlas); and prints of cross-sections...
Dates: Existence: Majority of material found within 1975-1990

Offprints of Francis Albert Eley Crew

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1496
Scope and Contents

Collection is partially catalogued. Contains 86 volumes and one box of unbound offprints belonging to F.A.E. Crew. The offprints have been divided by subject (for instance, The Fowl, Genetics. Drosophila). Many offprints bear Crew's signature; some are inscribed to him by individual authors.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900-1940

Papers of Alan W. Greenwood

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1057
Scope and Contents Contains: academic certificates of Alan Greenwood and Janet Alison Vera Crockett; papers relating to the Institute of Animal Genetics, including a notebook detailing various poultry experiments, a report from the Institute (1943-1944) and various historical memoranda; papers relating to the Poultry Research Centre; reprints of journal articles and...
Dates: 19th century-1984

Papers of Conrad Hal Waddington

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-41
Scope and Contents Contains: laboratory notebooks and bundles of research notes, including many from Waddington's early years of research in Cambridge in the 1930s; manuscripts, typescripts and related correspondence, including draft manuscripts of New Patterns in Genetics and Development and Principes of Development and Differentiation, and...
Dates: 1923-1976

Papers of Douglas Scott Falconer

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1478
Identifier: Coll-1690
Scope and Contents Contains: a file of correspondence; inserts removed from various editions of Falconer's 'Introduction to Quantitative Genetics'; photographs of Falconer and colleagues at the Institute of Animal Genetics; cassette tapes of contributors to 'Genetical Research' 73:3 (1999) reading out their contributions.Also includes at SC-Acc-2023-0103: five folders entitled "Institute of Animal Genetics History"; "Reviews and comments on DSF's 'An Introduction to Quantitative Genetics'"; "Notes...
Dates: 1939-2004

Papers of Ian Mason, cattle geneticist

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1638
Scope and Contents

The archive comprises the working papers of Ian Mason, including: subject files in alphabetical sequence, mainly pertaining to animals; subject files ordered by country; reports on various visits and meetings; articles reviews ans reports by Ian Mason and others, including card indexes; lectures; publications (not by Mason); notes and correspondence; slides featuring animals in various countries, and maps and graphs, mostly distribution maps of cattle and other animals.

Dates: 1912-2002

Papers of James Cossar Ewart

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-14
Scope and Contents Contains: Coll-14/1 - Medals, including those presented at school in Penicuik and while at Edinburgh University. There are also medals won for prize animals at various shows; Coll-14/2 - Certifcates, Diplomas and Letters of Appointment, including Ewart's medical qualification certificates, and his commission of appointment to the Regius Professorship of Natural History at the University...
Dates: 1866-1935

Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions

 Fonds
Identifier: EUA IN23
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises the administrative records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions. The records cover a range of areas and include meeting papers, reports, financial and legal documents, staff files, research data and press cuttings.


The majority of the records originate from the institutional Secretary's office, although there are a number of files from the Director and some from individual scientists. This information is captured in the catalogue.

Dates: 1948-2010

Roslin Institute Offprint Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-1362
Scope and Contents

Contains bound volumes of offprints from the Roslin Institute and its predecessor institutions.

Dates: 1947-2007