Letter to Pontecorvo from Professor Boris Ephrussi responding to what Pontecorvo described as "the nightmare of defining "genetic" properties and changes"

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/3/3/9
• Dates of Creation:5 Feb 1953
• Physical Description:
  1 letter (1 page)

• Scope and Content

  Ephrussi writes that he agress with Pontecorvo on the "difficulty of rigorous definition" of terms such as "genetic", "differentiation" and "mutation". He also makes reference to a discussion on this matter to be held at Gale's symposium.

• Personal Names

  Ephrussi, Boris, 1901-1979, geneticist,