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Most of the files of correspondence contain original letters from correspondents, as well as manuscript or carbon copies of Waddington's responses.

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of a paper ( a 'mimeo' copy) on The genetics of populations. The paper consists of 364-pages, numbered. It contains chapters on general or static populations, forces which change gene frequency, mating systems, and appropriate breeding plans. On the title page is handwritten in ink: H. P. Donald (presumably of the Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Edinburgh, of which he became Director in 1951), August 1949. There...

Scope and Contents Waddington was a member of numerous societies throughout his life, many of which were science-related. However, he was also involved with organisations and 'think tanks' with a wide-ranging environmental, societal, political or ethical scope, including the Club of Rome or the Council for Science and Society. Waddington's involvement with other organisations was on a more informal basis, and he also delivered lectures to various societies. The societies covered within this series...

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This material includes correspondence with the ARC and University boards and committees upon which Waddington sat, as well as material concerning Waddington's lectures at the University.

Most of the files of correspondence contain original letters from correspondents, as well as manuscript or carbon copies of Waddington's responses.

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The material includes: correspondence and lecture invitations, draft typescripts of lectures and research materials. Most of the files of correspondence contain original letters from correspondents, as well as manuscript or carbon copies of Waddington's responses.

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correspondence, chronologically arranged, largely concerning the future of the Molecular Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh

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Contains numbered pages of handwritten notes relating to Beale's Genetics lectures, apparently for the autumn term of 1948 at the Institute of Animal Genetics. Subjects include an introduction to the chromosome theory of heredity.

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Contains numbered pages of handwritten notes on various genetics-related subjects, many which seemingly relate to the 'Fundamentals of Genetics' series of 30 lectures, apparently for the autumn term of 1948 at the Institute of Animal Genetics. Also contains some comments on students' examinations.