Correspondence between Pontecorvo and Dr Giuseppe (Gio or "Joe") Bertani discussing their research into crossing over and exchanges between alleles

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/3/1/45
• Dates of Creation:Dec 1954
• Physical Description:
  3 letters (5 pages)

• Scope and Content

  Pontecorvo mentions that his general working hypothesis is that"sister chromatid crossing-over is a necessary part of the process of chromosome reproduction". He also discusses Robert ("Bob") Pritchard's discovery of "multiple exhanges between alleles".

• Personal Names

  Bertani, Giuseppe, fl 1950s-1970s, geneticist,

  Pritchard, Robert H, fl 1950s-1990s, geneticist,