Genetical Relations of Plants and Animals to their Pests and Diseases, including: 1. J. Hammond - Constitution in Cattle in relation to Disease 2. M.S. Pease - Observations on heritable Disease in Poultry 3. J.G. Carr - Heritable Susceptibility of Poultry to Cancer Virus 4. W. Black - Inheritance of Blight Resistance in Potatoes 5. G. Cockerham - Genetical Aspects of Resistance to Potato Viruses 6. T.J. Jenkin - Disease and Pest Problems at the Welsh Plant Breeding Station Includes call for papers
Papers presented by: 1. P.S. Nutman: Inheritance in red clover of resistance to infection by nodule bacteria. 2. R.A. Fisher: The formal analysis of linkage in tetrasomic inheritance. 3. M.J.D. White: The chromosome cycle and anomalous spermatogenesis of the paedogenetic midge, Miastor. Includes candidates selected in accordance with Rule 6, and candidates previously nominated under Rule 9.
- Variation in birds - Arranged by Mr. P.R. Lowe and Mr. N.B. Kinnear, including miscellaneous variations, some associated with locality; races occupying contigous areas; finches of the Galapagos Islands; colour pattern; variation in secondary sexual characters. 2. Variation in mammals - Arranged by Mr. M.A.C. Hinton. 3. Mollusca - Arranged by Mr. G.C. Robson.
- Oenothera. 2. Rice. 3. X-ray derivatives. 4. Phalaridae. 5. Cicer. 6. Gossypium. 7. Malvaceae. 8. Sida. 9. Hibiscus. 10. Sidalcea. Two copies of programme.
Papers presented by: J.L. Fyfe G.H. Beale C.D.R. Dawson A.P. Fraser L. Kimball P.C. Koller D. Lewis M.A.T. Madge P. Penn E. Slater Eileen M. Sutton F.Yates
- Genetic homology and parallel variation in Papaver nudicaule and Papaver alpinum - Arranged by Dr. A.C. Faberge. 2. Chemically induced changes in the chromosomes of Tradescantia - Arranged by Dr. P.C. Koller. 3. The effects of chemicals on the chromosomes of Drosophila - Arranged by Dr. C. Auerbach. 4. Synchronous divisions and germinal selection following iradiation of the germ track - Arranged by Dr. G. Pontecorvo. 5. A heuristic theory of Neurosis - Dr. Eliot Slater. Includes call for papers.
- Variation and their limitations in Taraxacum populations - W.B. Turrill. 2. The existence of a dimorph ratio cline in the common guillemot - H.N. Southern. 3. The part played by gene mutations in the formation of wild species in the genus Aquilegia - Prof. Skalinska. 4. Male sterility in natural plant populations - D. Lewis. 5. Competitive pollen tube growth in Streptocarpus - W.J.C. Lawrence. 6. British grass hybrids and hybrid swarms - C.E. Hubbard. 7. Population problems in the woodlouse, Armaillidium vulgare - H.W. Howard. 8. The cline concept - J.W. Gregor. 9. Selection in artificial populations of Gammarus chevreuxi, and Changes in a colony of Melitaea aurina - E.B. Ford. 10. On Wrights' formula of natural selection - R.A. Fisher. 11. Heterogeneity in wild populations of Lotus - C.D.R. Dawson. 12. Homostyle plants in Primula populations - J.L. Crosby. 13. Geographical distribution of interchanges in Oenothera - D.G. Catchecside. 14. The population genetics of inert chromosomes - C.D. Darlington. 15. Recessive genes in natural populations - J.B.S. Haldane. 16. Polygenic combinations in the origin of races. 17. The part played by gene mutations in the formation of wild species in the genus Aquilegia - Prof. Skalinska.
Papers presented by: 1. G. Pontecorvo and E. Kafer - "Maps of a chromosome region in Aspergillus nidulans based on mitotic and meiotic crossing-over". 2. R.H. Pritchard - "The relationship between a group of alleles in the "adg" region of Aspergillus nidulans". 3. G. Pontecorvo - "Alleles or pseudo-alleles?". 4. H.T. Clifford - "An index for use in quantitiative taxonomic problems". 5. C. Ellenby - "Environmental determination of the sex ratio of a plant-parasitic nematode". 6. L.K. Crowe - "S. gene structure revealed by the cytoplasm". 7. D. Lewis - "S gene structure - new evidence from tetraploidy and mutation". 8. J.H. Sang - "Nutritional requirements and hybrid vigour in Drosophila". 9. A.F. Purser - Some genetical factors affecting body size in Drosophila melanogaster". Two copies of programme.
Papers presented by: 1. A.J. Bateman - "Time of action of dominant lethals in mammals". 2. A. Durrant - "Effect of parental environment of offspring character in flax". 3. J.A. Pateman - "Polygenic inheritance of ascospore size in Neurospora crassa". 4. Helen L. Bernstein - "New mating types in Escherichia coli". 5. B.A.D. Stocker and C. Quadling - "Bacterial motility: an analysis of variation amongst cells of identical genotype sharing a common 'uniform' environment". 6. F.J. Chatterly and K.G. McWhirter - "The control of mammalian sex ratios and an analysis of a new problem in population genetics". 7. J.A. Fraser Roberts - "The genetics of essential hypertension". 8. H. Kalmus - "An improvement in the taster-nontaster classification". 9. H. Kalmus, J.E. Satchell and Jean C. Bowden - "Colour polymorphism in the earthworm Allolobophora chlorotica".
Papers presented by: G. Sermonti and D.A. Hopwood E.A. Bevan and R.A. Woods J.R.S. Fincham H. Lehmann, J. Liddell and E. Silk I. Gibson and G.H. Beale M.F. Lyon J.M. Thoday and J.B. Gibson M. Crawford J.R. Ellis, R. Marshall and L.S. Penrose