Add MS 86840/86

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

• Letter from C. Robinow to John Maynard Smith dated 18 Jul 1963 attached to 'Observations on cell growth, mitosis, and division in the fungus basidiobulus ranarum' by C.F. Robinow.

• Draft of 'Genetic evidence for a pleistocene population explosion' by Alan R. Rogers.

• Annotation to 'Reconstructing early events in Eukaryotic evolution' by Andrew J. Roger. Annotation reads: 'This might be relevant to new editions of 'Major transitions', cheers Andrew Roger'.

• Undated note attached to a photocopy of the article 'Badges of status in avian societies' by Tim Roper. Note reads: 'John, for what it is worth, my feeling from the empirical results is more and more that being subordinate is a making-the-best-of-a-bad-job type state. This article is already outdated but at least it suggests the questions in which the fieldworkers are interested. I dare say the theorists see things differently. Tim'.

• Annotation to 'A physiological barrier for the maintenance of anisogamous sex' by Michael R. Rose. Annotation reads: 'With best wishes, Michael'.

• Annotation on front page of 'Graphical representation and stability conditions of predator-prey interactions' by M.L. Rosenzweig and R.H. Macarthur. Annotation reads: 'This would not be possible with age structure included' and related to an underlined extract on the front page of the paper.

• Draft of 'The eternal stalemate: lag loads, red queens and punctuated equilibria set the pulse of evolution' by Michael L. Rosenzweig.

The full range of authors represented in the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Rob-Ros' is: R.C. Roberts, Hugh M. Robertson, C.F. Robinow, Roy Robinson, Sergey Rodin, Alan R. Rogers, Andrew J. Roger, Sievert Rohwer, Stéphane Ronsseray, Tim Roper, A.M. Rose, Michael R. Rose, Barnett Rosenberg, Michael L. Rosenzweig, and M.D. Ross. The date range of the original collection of offprints etc. filed under 'Rob-Ros' is 1955-1999.