Word: riddiford
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Riddiford and Williams repeated the experiment with a variety of trees and found that in all except oak, no mating occurred...
...ever found or looked for a similar system where a plant is necessary to turn on an animal," Dr. Lynn M. Riddiford, assistant professor of Biology, said yesterday. She and Carroll M. Williams '46, Bussey Professor of Biology, have been investigating the sex life of the moth since last March...
...only plant which activates sexual activity." Dr. Riddiford said...
...pair made the discovery several months ago when Dr. Riddiford needed moth eggs, and learned that they had never been produced in the laboratory. She found that although males usually are attracted to female moths from as far away as two miles, they failed to mate when caged together in the laboratory...
Unwilling to wait until spring, when the moths could be mated outside, Dr. Riddiford placed the moths in a cage with oak seedlings. These moths and a pair in a nearby cage mated...