hermaphroditism
41Middlesex (novel) — Middlesex   …
42Plant sexuality — Close up of an Echinopsis spachiana flower, showing both carpels (only the styles and stigmas are visible) and stamens, making it a perfect flower. Plant sexuality covers the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant… …
43Sex allocation — is the allocation of resources to male versus female reproduction in sexual species (Charnov 1982). Sex allocation depends upon the breeding system of a species, as well as how reproduction is carried out within each breeding system. Breeding… …
44Eugen Steinach — Dr Eugen Steinach (1861 1944) a leading Austrian physiologist and pioneer in endocrinology.Dr. Steinach performed endocrine research that was aimed to revolutionize human life by the use of glandular techniques, for example, experiments with… …
45gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …
46mollusk — molluskan, molluscan /meuh lus keuhn/, adj., n. mollusklike, adj. /mol euhsk/, n. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body,… …
47hermaphrodism — SYN: hermaphroditism. * * * her·maph·ro·dism (.)hər maf rə .diz əm n HERMAPHRODITISM Her·maph·ro·di·tus (.)hər .maf rə dīt əs Greek mythological character. Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite and renowned for his beauty. A fountain …
48hermaphrodite — A person with hermaphroditism. [G. Hermaphroditos, the son of Hermes, Mercury, + Aphrodite, Venus] * * * her·maph·ro·dite (.)hər maf rə .dīt n 1) an abnormal individual esp. among the higher vertebrates having both male and female reproductive… …
49pseudohermaphroditism — A state in which the individual is of an unambiguous gonadal sex ( i.e., possesses either testes or ovaries) but has ambiguous external genitalia. Cf.:steroid 5α reductase. SYN: false hermaphroditism. female p. [MIM*264270] p. with skeletal and… …
50Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma …
