Notebook titled '1963'
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-1255/5/20
- Dates of Creation:November 1963 - March 1964
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 notebook22 x 27.5 1 notebook22 x 27.5
Scope and Content
Notebook contains notes on crossing experiments with Paramecium stock 540. The back of the notebook contains notes regarding the Lambda symbiont of Paramecium.
Administrative / Biographical History
The Paramecium stock, which became known as stock 540, was collected by Tracy Sonneborn in Mexico. Sonneborn sent the stock to Beale in Edinburgh in 1956, where it was discovered that the stock was a 'mate-killer' and containined 'mu' particles in the cytoplasm.
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