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CONSECUTIVE HERMAPHRODITISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

An organism having functional male and female reproductive organs mature at different times.

OBS

Hermaphroditism and hermaphrodism are exact synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

L'hermaphrodisme séquentiel (ou successif) est un mécanisme où l'animal passe d'un sexe à l'autre pendant des périodes différentes de sa vie.

OBS

[L'hermaphrodisme successif] est le plus fréquent des types d'hermaphrodisme, caractérisé par le fait que les organismes qui en sont doués sont successivement de l'un puis de l'autre sexe au cours de leur vie.

Spanish

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