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Descriptive versus causal morphology: gynandromorphism and intersexuality.
Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften - 1 Feb 2023
Fusco Giuseppe, Minelli Alessandro
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In animal species with separate sexes, abnormal individuals with a mix of phenotypically male and phenotypically female body parts are generally indicated as gynandromorphs, whereas individuals with intermediate sexual phenotypic traits are generally indicated as intersexes. However, this distinction, clear as it may seem, is neither universally agreed upon, nor free of critical issues. In consideration of the...
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