Add MS 86840/78

Annotations and manuscripts originally part of a collection of offprints etc. received by John Maynard Smith filed under 'Pe'. Contents include:

• Letter from John S. Pearse to John Maynard Smith attached to 'Telling sex from growth: dissolving Maynard Smith's paradox' by John S. Pearse, Vicki B. Pearse and A. Todd Newberry.

• Annotation to 'The prey of carnivores during one cycle of mouse abundance' by O.P. Pearson. Annotation reads: 'I enjoyed your recent ecology article and wanted to be sure you knew about the accompagning articles, which include an appreciable percentage of the existing vertebrate predator data. O.P.P'.

• Handwritten letter from Josephine Pemberton to John Maynard Smith dated 16 Dec. 1988 attached to 'Genetic variation and juvenile survival in red deer' by J.M. Pemberton et al.

• Draft of 'Molecular systematics and traditional medical microbiologists-problems and solutions' by H. Pennington.

• Undated handwritten letter from David Penny to John Maynard Smith attached to 'The use of tree comparison metrics' by David Penny and M.D. Hendy.

• Proof of 'Distribution of the number of matches between nucleotide sequences' by David Penny et al.

• Note from Anthony Poole to Maynard Smith enclosing draft copies and pre-prints of the following articles: 'The path from the RNA-world' by Anthony M. Poole, Daniel C. Jeffares and David Penny and 'Relics from the RNA-world' by Daniel C. Jeffares, Anthony M. Poole and David Penny. Note reads: 'Dear Professor Maynard Smith, enclosed are the pre-prints of our two papers on the RNA world. There will be some minor changes made to the published articles, but the ideas will remain unchanged. Thank you very much for all your help. Best regards, Anthony Poole'.

• Note attached to 'The inheritance of clutch size in the great tit (parus major L.)' by C.M. Perrins and P.J. Jones. Note reads: 'Lynch J.F. and Johnson, N.K. 1974 Turnover and equilibria in insular avifaunas with special reference to the California Channel Islands. Condor 76: 370 3814'.

• Annotation to 'Species adaptation in protein molecule' by M.F. Perutz. Annotation reads: 'Please return to John Maynard Smith'. Business card enclosed with annotation. Annotation reads 'With thanks'.

• Draft of 'Popper's new interpretation of Darwinism' by M.F.Perutz.

• Handwritten letter form Max Perutz to John Maynard Smith dated 29 Jul 1986 attached to a list of references.

• Annotation to 'Female moorhens compete for small fat male' by Marion Petrie. Annotation reads 'All best wishes, Marion'.

The full range of authors represented in the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Pe' is: John S. Pearse, O.P. Pearson, J.R. Peck, J.M. Pemberton, H. Pennington, David Penny, C.J. Pennycuick, Irene M. Peppenberg, C. M. Perrins, M.F. Perutz, Marion Petrie and Max Pettersson. The date range of the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Pe' is 1956-2000.