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Photographs of Pontecorvo at the CIBA 'Genetics in Human Biology' Symposium in honour of Wolstenholme who was about to retire as Director, 26-29 June 1978

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Page contains: Photograph of Pontecorvo with Sir Gordon Wolstenholme, Luca-Cavalli (just seen), Walter Bodmer (just seen), Marcello Siniscalco and Frank Ruddle at the CIBA 'Genetics in Human Biology' Symposium, 26-29 June 1978; Photograph of Pontecorvo with Francis Crick and Frank Ruddle at the CIBA 'Genetics in Human Biology' Symposium in honour of Wolstenholme who was about to retire as Director, 26-29 June 1978; Photograph of Francis Crick at the CIBA 'Genetics in Human Biology' Symposium in honour of Wolstenholme who was about to retire as Director, 26-29 June 1978; Photograph of Sir Gordon Wolstenholme with Hilary Koprowski at the CIBA 'Genetics in Human Biology' Symposium in honour of Wolstenholme who was about to retire as Director, 26-29 June 1978.

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Photographs of Pontecorvo at the CIBA 'Genetics in Human Biology' Symposium in honour of Wolstenholme who was about to retire as Director, 26-29 June 1978

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