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...other factors affect this potential energy of the germ cell, including potency, fatigue, old age, and has evidence for this from horses, sheep and roosters. Dr. James W. Mavor, of Union College, has discovered that X-rays can eliminate the X-chromosome in the eggs of the fruit fly Drosiphila, upsetting the balance between the sexes of the offspring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Male and Female | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

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