Word: spermatozoon
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Alich's theory is somewhat supplemental to the established one, and his data have been submitted to the French Academy. He objects to the idea that the origin of sex differences is to be found in differences in the male cells only, and claims that both the spermatozoon and the ovum have activating " microcellules." These seek their complement in the other sex cell, but if the male micro-cellules preponderate in number over the female the result will be a male embryo, and vice versa. But Alich also believes that various other factors affect this potential energy...