Project Gutenberg 2014-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 122 Schenk, Samuel Leopold 1840 1902 Schenk, Leopold-Samuel Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex Produced by Donald Cummings, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex" by Samuel Leopold Schenk is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the biological and embryological aspects of sex determination, exploring the nuances of reproduction, cellular development, and external influences that could affect the sex of offspring. Schenk aims to share empirical findings and insights with the scientific community, hoping to promote further research in the field. The opening of the book lays the foundational premise that the differentiation of sex is observable from the embryonic stage, with significant emphasis on the role of the ovum and its cellular properties in determining the future sex of an organism. Schenk discusses various prior theories and speculations surrounding sex determination, contemplating how external factors (such as nutrition and environmental conditions) can influence whether a male or female embryo forms. He emphasizes the complexity and variability in the development processes of sex and sets the stage for introducing methods of artificially influencing sex through scientific exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Sex determination, Genetic Sex preselection QP Text Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution Category: Science - Biology 246777 2025-06-19T05:33:28.175229 text/html 228119 2024-10-24T11:46:35 text/html 164942 2025-06-19T05:33:32.255209 application/epub+zip 163984 2025-06-19T05:33:28.876259 application/epub+zip 160238 2025-06-19T05:33:28.510228 application/epub+zip 234407 2025-06-19T05:33:34.868200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213474 2025-06-19T05:33:31.785227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209993 2022-09-21T12:23:14.506935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223783 2025-06-19T05:33:27.823239 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 203857 2024-10-24T11:46:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16198 2025-06-19T05:33:35.005181 application/rdf+xml 9882 2025-06-19T05:33:28.608209 image/jpeg 1677 2025-06-19T05:33:28.558224 image/jpeg 139963 2025-06-19T05:33:28.200223 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia