Poultry breeding notebook '07 1-440' [1907 notebook I], Jan. 1907 - Jan. 1909
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Scope and Contents
Laboratory notebook containing records for poultry breeding lines W 1-440 (birds hatched between February and May 1907).
Entries for each bird include notes on colour, comb and other physical characteristics, state of health, and cause of death, etc. Records for W 72 and W 300 include drawings of chicken heads [pp. 36v and 150v]. The record for bird W 327 includes a drawing of the pigmentation of its right eye [page 163v].
Dates
- Creation: Jan. 1907 - Jan. 1909
Creator
- From the Fonds: Bateson, William, 1861-1926 (biologist) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Punnett, Reginald Crundall, 1875-1967 (geneticist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (220 pp; remainder is blank) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
A number of pages at the end of the notebook were labelled for birds [W] 441-466 but are blank. 200 x 165 mm
Repository Details
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