Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Dr David Mahlon Bonner concerning research relating to Pontecorvo's "Aspergillus mutants"

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/3/1/10
• Dates of Creation:Aug 1950-Oct 1950
• Physical Description:
  3 letters (3 pages)

• Scope and Content

  They also discuss Bonner's paper on the synthesis of nicotonic acid using labelled nitrogen. Includes copy of an abstract for a paper by Dr Joseph Alan Roper titled Close linkage of the three loci controlling biotin requirement in Aspergillus nidulans.

• Personal Names

  Bonner, David Mahlon, 1916-1964, biochemical geneticist,

  Roper, Joseph Alan, 1924-2007, geneticist,