From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Walter Bates
Date:
11 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Asks about proportions of male to female insects.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Asks about proportions of male to female insects.
Wants information on sex ratios in domestic animals. Can WBT help?
Is working on sexual selection and is interested in any anomalous sex ratios in lower animals and any sex-related characters.
Requests information on published observations on the proportional number of males and females born to various domestic animals.