Papers of Dr James Harrison Renwick, publications

Includes drafts for some of Renwick's published papers 1961-1990, though the majority of the material dates from the early 1970s. Articles documented range from 'Probable linkage between a congenital cataract locus and the Duffy blood group locus, with Dr Sylvia Dorothy Lawler, in Annals of Human Genetics vol 27 (1963), to 'On avoiding statistical bias in linkage-based counselling, in Annals of Human Genetics vol 54 (1990). There are some of the many book reviews by Renwick 1955-1980, and editorial correspondence, chiefly documenting the refereeing of papers for journals. There is also a set of Renwick's offprints.

This description is part of the main James Harrison Renwick collection which has been divided into the following sections, each with its own separate description:

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James (Jim) Harrison Renwick was a Titular Professor of Genetics at the University from 1967-1968. He joined the Department of Genetics in 1959 as a Research Fellow and was appointed to Senior Lecturer in 1960 and a Reader in 1966. He made a fundamental contribution to modern genetics, in particular to the development of human gene mapping that paved the way for the Human Genome Project. For a biography see the full James Harrison Renwick collection description.

Some of the material in this collection is restricted in accordance with Data Protection legislation.