A Bet Offered.
Mr E. F. Stead, at the “questions evening” of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Canterbury Branch, asserted that in at least 70 per cent of pairs of pigeon chicks there is one male and one female. Dr O. H. Frankel, who was asked to explain how pigeons managed this so conveniently, said that he did not know of any proper evidence to disprove the genetical theory that 50 per cent of clutches would have one bird of each sex, 25 per cent both male and 25 per cent both female. Althogh Mr Stead offered to bet any sum up to £lOOO, Dr Frankel remained unconvinced, alleging that it was in any case not at all easy to distinguish the two sexes, and that careful amassing and correlation by scientific evidence was necessary before Mr Stead’s contention could be prdved.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1938, Page 4
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143A Bet Offered. Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1938, Page 4
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