CONTROL OF SEX
INTERESTING SPECTI4TipN!3
WHAT EFFECTS. OVTO0» SHORTAGE AND SUMMING?
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Discussing the conclusions reached independently of those, of tralian. Entomological Lactones that the effect of the sex iatl ? insects can he markedly influenced by partial starvation of the la ™‘ Professor W. X Mnr.ro, of the Imperial College of Science told „h Homing Post that experiments chiefly with the so-called flour beetle provided clear Proof that, in at ]oa * one forirf of life, the sox can be influenced hv outside factor?., and DL is done after fertilisation
“Suppose the results applied to human beings. Vas the prepond nranee* of male births in wartime due to food shortage? Equals might the. modern slimming of mo men make its effect felt ? Admittedly, there are speculations, but, in the present state 0 f knowledge, w e ought not to close our minds to anything,” he said
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12075, 14 October 1933, Page 4
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156CONTROL OF SEX Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12075, 14 October 1933, Page 4
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