EXPERIMENTAL ATTEMPTS TO MODIFY THE SEX RATIO
- 1 December 1942
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Heredity
- Vol. 33 (12) , 429-433
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a105111
Abstract
Experiments on the value of acid and alkaline douche treatments in altering the sex ratio have been conducted with rabbits and swine. In all. 2,383 rabbits and 219 swine were born. The results fail to show any significant modification of the normal sex ratio for the species as a result of the acid and alkali treatments. At no time during the course of the experiments was there any indication of a trend such as was present throughout the Dayton laboratory experiments. It is concluded that acid and alkaline douche treatments of the female and alteration of the pH of the semen are without effect on the sex ratio.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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