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The lack of effect of ejaculate sequence on sex ratio in rabbits
Journal of Reproduction and Fertility
|May 1, 1979
Abstract:
The influence of the order of the ejaculate on the sex ratio was determined by ejaculating 1 of 5 experimental males 20 times over a period of 2 to 8 h. The sex ratio was noted for the offspring of ejaculates 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 in a total of 32 litters. The sex ratio of these offspring did not deviate signigicantly from 50:50 (P greater than 0.1) for any ejaculate in the sequence.
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