Dimorphism

dimorphism
two forms or types belonging to the same species, such as males and females of the same species, but differing from each other
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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dimorphism Existence within a species of two distinct forms according to color, sex, size, organ structure, and so on. Occurrence of two kinds of zooids in a colonial organism.
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dimorphism
An occurance of an organism in two forms. Sexual dimorphism refers to males and females. Dimorphism may occur in, for example, body form or colour.
Covered in Lab 11 Animal Diversity I ...
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sexual dimorphism
(dy-mor-fiz-um)
A special case of polymorphism based on the distinction between the secondary sex characteristics of males and females.
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Sexual dimorphism
The Rhinoceros beetle demonstrates a classic case of sexual dimorphism. This plate is from Darwin's Descent of Man, with the male at top, female at bottom.
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See also: sexual dimorphism
Organization
One way to group the bones of the human skeleton is to divide them into two groups, namely the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.
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We look at brain sexual dimorphisms, which means the difference between male and female brains in terms of their structure, in terms of number of neurons in specific structures, density of neurons, ...
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