DETERMINING SEX RATIO
—_<►- EFFECT OF STARVATION (Received October 14, 12.15 a.m.) | LONDON, October 13. | Discussing conclusions reached independently in Australia and in laboratories in Great Britain about the extent to which the sex ratio of insects can markedly be influenced by partial starvation of the larvae, Professor W. J. Monro, of the Imperial College of Science, told the "Morning Post" that experiments, chiefly with the so-called "flour beetle," provided clear proof that in at least one form of life sex can be influenced by outside factors, and this is done after fertilisation. "Suppose the results could be applied to human beings," he said. "It would be possible that the preponderance of male births in wartime is due to the food shortage. Equally, the modern slimming craze among women might make its effect felt. Admittedly, these are speculations, but in the present state of knowledge we ought not to close our minds to anything."
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20986, 14 October 1933, Page 13
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