Science: Male and Female

Dr. A. Alich, of Paris, is the latest biologist to attempt a solution to the riddle of sex determination, which has attracted inquisitive minds since antiquity. The hope of using such knowledge consciously to control the sex of offspring for practical breeding purposes as well as sentiment, has perhaps moved them most. But while few geneticists are willing to make any predictions about such possibilities, many foremost investigators are working to reveal the actual mechanics of the sex causation process. Not less than 500 theories—the majority fanciful old wives' tales based...

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