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| **''']''': When the organism starts as a female, and changes sex to a male later in life. | **''']''': When the organism starts as a female, and changes sex to a male later in life. | ||
| *''']''': The organism has both male and female sexual organs at the same time as an adult. Usually, self-fertilization does not occur. Also called '''].''' | *''']''': The organism has both male and female sexual organs at the same time as an adult. Usually, self-fertilization does not occur. Also called '''].''' | ||
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An individual or species that contains both male and female sexual organs at some point during their lives. Generally, hermaphroditism occurs in the invertebrates, although it occurs in a fair number of fishes, and to a lesser degree in the higher organisms. This term includes:
- Sequential hermaphrodite: The organism is born as one sex and later changes into the other sex.
- Simultaneous hermaphrodite: The organism has both male and female sexual organs at the same time as an adult. Usually, self-fertilization does not occur. Also called Simultaneous hermaphrodite.
See also: Intersexuals for versions involving humans.