Papers of Douglas Scott Falconer

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1690
• Dates of Creation:1947-2004
• Name of Creator:
  Falconer, Douglas Scott (professor of genetics, University of Edinburgh and director of the Agricultural Research Council, Unit of Animal Genetics)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.2 linear metres

• Scope and Content

  Contains: a file of correspondence; inserts removed from various editions of Falconer's 'Introduction to Quantitative Genetics'; photographs of Falconer and colleagues at the Institute of Animal Genetics; cassette tapes of contributors to 'Genetical Research' 73:3 (1999) reading out their contributions.

• Access Information

  The cassette tapes are in a format which are not currently accessible.

• Archivist's Note

  Processing Information

• Separated Material

  A collection of various editions and translations of Falconer's 'Introduction to Quantitative Genetics' was also received at the time of the donation. These have been accessioned in the Rare Books sequence under RBP2015.43, and their shelfmarks are RB.S.2973 – 2988.

• Accruals

  Future accruals possible.

• Subjects

  Quantitative genetics

  Genetics -- History

  Animal Genetics