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What is the difference between male and female gametes?
What is the difference between male and female gametes?
A male organism produces small mobile gametes (spermatozoa, sperm, pollen), while a female organism produces larger, non-mobile gametes (ova, often called egg cells).
What is a hermaphrodite?
What is a hermaphrodite?
An organism that produces both types of gamete.
What is the result of the fusion of a male and a female gamete?
What is the result of the fusion of a male and a female gamete?
The formation of a zygote, which develops into an offspring that inherits traits from each parent.
What are sexual monomorphism and sexual dimorphism?
What are sexual monomorphism and sexual dimorphism?
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In which species do the terms 'male' and 'female' typically not apply?
In which species do the terms 'male' and 'female' typically not apply?
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