Quest-ce qui détermine le Sexe?

Abstract

DR. A. VAN LINT has convinced himself of the validity of a somewhat extraordinary new theory as to the determination of sex, which is in some measure a rejuvenescence of Starkweather's. If it is true, it should give pause to virile fathers who wish to have sons, for unless they can secure still more vigorous mates they are sure to have daughters only. The theory is, that the offspring follow the sex of the weaker parent, though, as we read on, this turns out to mean the parent whose available germ-cells are relatively less vigorous at the time of fertilisation. But an attempt to estimate the relative vigour of germ-cells leads us into the region of the unverifiable.

Qu'est-ce qui détermine le Sexe?

Par le Docteur A. Van Lint, Médecin Assistant à l'Hôpital Saint-Pierre, à Bruxelles. Pp. 77. (Paris: Baillière et Fils, 1902.)