Papers relating to sex ratio research, including reprints and lectures, 1979-1982
Scope and Contents
Includes: notes and data relating to rabbit sex control experiments; two handwritten drafts of lectures, 'Sex Ratio Control - what are the prospects?' (noted 'BCBC 13 Jan 1981 Cambridge') and 'The Perplexing History of Attempts to Control the Mammalian Sex Ratio' (marked 'Newcastle 14/10/82'); various article reprints by Beatty, Anne McLaren and Douglas Falconer and a typed first draft of 'An attempt to influence the sex-ratio in rabbits using immunological methods' by Beatty.
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1982
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1093
Subject
- McLaren, Anne, Dame, 1927-2007 (developmental biologist and director, MRC Mammalian Development Unit, London) (Person)
- Falconer, Douglas Scott (professor of genetics, University of Edinburgh and director of the Agricultural Research Council, Unit of Animal Genetics) (Person)
- British Cattle Breeders Club (1946-:) (Organization)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Beatty, Richard Alan, 1915-2005 (reproductive biologist) (Person)
Repository Details
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