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Sex ratio

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD,Use For = Sex ratios

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Abstract of '1971 Sex Ratio Lecture' and accompanying letter from Beatty to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1971

 File
Identifier: Coll-1364/3/41
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains drafts and typescripts of lectures, usually annotated with where and when the lecture was delivered. Also present are notices of meetings and programmes from events. Unless otherwise noted, authorship of the lectures is credited to R.A. Beatty.

Dates: 1971

Observations on the frequency and sex ratio of Dexter "Bulldog" calves, 6 October 1951

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/63
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1947-1957. Volume 1 of 19.

Dates: 6 October 1951

Papers chiefly relating to patents for the control of sex ratio in mammalian offspring, 1974-1977

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Identifier: Coll-1364/1/4
Scope and Contents

Chiefly contains correspondence concerning the patent application process for 'Control of Sex Ratio in Mammalian Offspring' and the grant from the Scottish Milk Marketing Board. Correspondents include the Agricultural Research Council, the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Liaison and the Scottish Milk Marketing Board.

Dates: 1974-1977

Papers relating to rabbit sex control experiments, 1976-1981

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Identifier: Coll-1364/1/5
Scope and Contents Contains: Files 1-2: SR/35: Rabbit Sex Control - Experimental Data and Correspondence, containing working notes, summary sheets of experimental data and correspondence about the progress of the research, mainly between Beatty and Richard Hancock (1976-1981); File 3: SR/35: Summaries, containing mainly summary sheets from experiments covering the period 1973-1977; File 4:...
Dates: 1976-1981

Papers relating to sex ratio research, including reprints and lectures, 1979-1982

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Identifier: Coll-1364/1/10
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: 1979-1982

The sex ratio in the progeny of oestrogen-treated parents in the Brown Leghorn, March 1958

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Identifier: Coll-1362/3/216
Scope and Contents

Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1958-61.

Dates: March 1958