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THIS communication concerns observations on dried, unstained smears of human spermatozoa in phase contrast. These were made in an attempt to gain more insight into the basis for the known differential in conception and birth sex ratios.
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Shettles, L. B., Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. and Med., 45, 318 (1940).
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SHETTLES, L. Nuclear Morphology of Human Spermatozoa. Nature 186, 648–649 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186648a0
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