hermaphroditehaving both male and female reproductive
organs in one individual; also known as monecious; contrast to diecious
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For the Julia Ward Howe novel, see The
Hermaphrodite.
Full article >>>HermaphroditeIn
zoology, a
hermaphrodite is a
species that contains both male and female
sexual organs at some point during their lives. In many
species, hermaphroditism is a normal part of the life-cycle.
Full article >>>Hermaphrodites have both male and female sex
organs. Many
species of fish are hermaphroditic.
Some start out as one sex and then, in response to stimuli in their
environment, switch to the other.
Full article >>>HermaphroditeAn individual with both male and female genitalia.
A
plant species in which male and female
organs occur in the same
flower of a single individual (compare
monoecious).
Full article >>>hermaphrodite(her-maf-roh-dite) [Gk. Hermes and Aphrodite]
An individual that functions as both male and female in
sexual reproduction by producing both
sperm and eggs.
Full article >>>hermaphrodite An
organism with both male and female functional reproductive
organs. Hermaphroditism may refer to an aberration in uni
sexual animals; monoecy implies that this is the normal condition for the
species.
Full article >>>hermaphrodite Plants which possess both
stamens and
carpels in the same
flower, while in
animals it is
organisms which possess both male and female sex
organs ...
Full article >>>Sequential
hermaphrodite. An individual that sequentially produces male and then female
gametes or vice versa
Sessile. Immobile because of an attachment to a substratum
Seston. Particulate matter suspended in seawater ...
Full article >>>: A clonal
hermaphrodite (
Phylum Chordata
, Sub
phylum Tunicata
,
Class Ascidian
=sea squirts). It grows fast, reproduces weekly, and thus, a good model for genetic studies of ...
Full article >>>limbs, a protruding
belly and wide hips, giving rise to controversial theories such that he may have actually been a woman masquerading as a man, which had been known to happen in Egyptian politics once or twice, or that he was a
hermaphrodite or had ...
Full article >>>In fact, all normal individuals have the same number of
cells: 959
somatic cells in the
hermaphrodite and 1,031 in the male. Unlike
Drosophila and
mammals, which have extensive
cell movement during development, the
cells of C.
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