daly 6, 1953

 

Washington 5, D.C.
Dear Bentley:

Thank you for your letter of the lst, asking about using Ed Tatan's
and ay paper for Science. I have ao objection at all, in principle. However,
in order $o avoid any misunderstanding which might arise from the very long
interval between the drafting and thebpublication of this review, I mst
ask that a note to the following effect be included, either az a footnote, or
an addendum:

Tais paper was prepared in connection with a Symposina on Sex in Microorganisas,
held Decomber 1951, and intended for publication in a forthcoming volume by
the 4.4.4.5. iThis can be reworded as you wish}.

The following work on this subject has been published subsequent to the
final revision of the present manuscript:

Hayes, W. 1953 Observations on a transmissible agent determining sexual
differentiation in Bacterium coli. Jour. Gen. Microbiol, 8:72-86,

Watson, J.D, and Hayes,W. 1953 Genetic exchange in Eegheriehis coli K12r
evidence for three linkage groups. Proc, Nat. Acad, Sci. 39:4 y.-

Ciark, J.Be 1953 The effeote of cheaicals on the recombination rate
in Bacterium coli. Jour. Gen. Mlerobiol., 81 45-49.

Vavalli, LoL. and Maccucaro, G.A. 1952 Polygenic inheritance of drug-
resistance in the bacterius Kecherighia gold. Heredity 6:311-331.

Cavalli, L.L. 1932 Genetic analysis of drug-resistance. Bull. World
Health Org. 6: 185-206.

Cavalli, L.L.; 1953 An Anfective factor controlling sex compatibility
in Bacterium soli. Jour. Gen, Microbiol. 8: 8% 103.

~~ Lederberg,J., and Lederberg, Ei.

I am not seeking to embarrass the journal by emphasising the delay in
publication, but I would not wish any misunderstanding to follow from our silence
on some of the issues raised in the later papers. On the other hand, I am sure
there are no explicit statements in the text of which we are likely to have later

regrets. Yours sincerely,
CC: E.L.T, Joshua Lederberg