| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Summary.: The proportion of 119 male to 100 female live births in the chinchilla is considerably higher than the values reported for most other mammals. This excess of male births might be connected with the unusually pronounced difference in size of the X- and Y-chromosomes.
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |