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Natural Selection

Nature volume 138, page 1017 (1936)Cite this article

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IN reply to Prof. MacBride's letter in NATURE of November 21, p. 884, may I just say that, both by my distinguished predecessor and myself, the study of as many specimens as possible has been recognized as of the first importance, and that is done not only at Oxford but also by visits to the British Museum (Natural History) and to Lord Rothschild's wonderful collection at Tring: indeed I was there yesterday.

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CARPENTER, G. Natural Selection. Nature 138, 1017 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/1381017c0

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