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Collection Scope and Content Summary
Title:
Molecular Biology and Evolution editorial files
Identifier/Call Number: MS.F.014
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
54.0 linear feet
(54 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1983-2002
Abstract: This collection comprises the editorial files of the scientific journal
Molecular Biology and Evolution from 1983-2002. Walter Fitch, UC Irvine professor and chairman of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was
the founding editor of this journal. The collection documents the production and preparation of an international scientific
journal and the professional peer review process. Included are manuscripts (both accepted and rejected), galleys, editorial
reviews, correspondence, copies of issues of the journal, and subject files of the editor.
Creator:
Fitch, Walter M., 1929
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Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises the editorial files of the scientific journal
Molecular Biology and Evolution from 1983-2002. Walter Fitch, UC Irvine professor and chairman of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was
the founding editor of this journal. The collection documents the production and preparation of an international scientific
journal and the professional peer review process. Included are manuscripts (both accepted and rejected), galleys, editorial
reviews, correspondence, copies of issues of the journal, and subject files of the editor.