ABSTRACT
Bluhm (1921) found that in the mouse the injection of alcohol into the male parent was followed by a remarkable rise in the sex ratio among the offspring. The results of Danforth (1926), who administered alcohol in the form of vapour, confirmed this finding, as did those of Parkes and Bellerby (1926). MacDowell and Lord (1926) and Crew (1926) found that severe exposure of the male to alcohol fumes was not followed by any disturbance of the secondary sex ratio. In view of this disparity, it was suggested to me by Dr Crew that the difference in results might possibly be but a reflection of the difference in the method of exhibiting the alcohol and that it would be a profitable study actually to repeat Bluhm’s work, using her technique.
Copyright © 1928 The Company of Biologists Ltd.
1928
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