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Revision as of 17:27, 8 March 2002 by Rgamble (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.