Isini luphawu olugqibayo enoba into evelisa iintlobano zesini ivelisa iigamete zenkunzi okanye zamabhinqa . [1] [2] Izityalo zamadoda kunye nezilwanyana zivelisa i-gametes encinci ehambayo (i-spermatozoa, i-sperm, i-pollen ), ngelixa abafazi bavelisa ezinkulu, ezingenayo i-motile ( i-ova, edla ngokubizwa ngokuba ngamaseli eqanda). [3] Izinto eziphilayo ezivelisa zombini ezi ntlobo zezilwanyana zibizwa ngokuba zii <em>hermaphrodites . [2] [4] Ngexesha lokuzala, iigametes zamadoda nabasetyhini ziyadibana ukuze zenze ii-zygotes, ezikhula zibe yinzala efumana iimpawu kumzali ngamnye.

Amadoda kunye nabasetyhini beentlobo banokuba nokufana komzimba (i-monomorphism yesondo) okanye iyantlukwano (i- sexual dimorphism ) ebonisa iingcinezelo ezahlukeneyo zokuzala kwisini esahlukileyo.

kodwa ukuba isondo asinayo iincopho ezijoliswe ekuzaleni, ngoko ke &egrave; ngokuchasene nemvelo kwaye &egrave; ngoko ke isenzo esingcolileyo.

  1. Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Book & CD-ROM Set OUP Oxford 2011 p. 1302 ISBN 978-0-19-960110-3 archived from the original on 11 March 2020 retrieved March 23, 2018 "Sex: Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions. The fact of belonging to one of these categories. The group of all members of either sex."  Unknown parameter |vauthors= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Life: The Science of Biology Macmillan 2000 p. 736 ISBN 978-0-7167-3873-2 archived from the original on 26 June 2019 retrieved March 23, 2018 "A single body can function as both male and female. Sexual reproduction requires both male and female haploid gametes. In most species, these gametes are produced by individuals that are either male or female. Species that have male and female members are called dioecious (from the Greek for 'two houses'). In some species, a single individual may possess both female and male reproductive systems. Such species are called monoecious ("one house") or hermaphroditic."  Unknown parameter |vauthors= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. The Evolution of Parental Care (in English) Oxford University Press 2012 p. 103 ISBN 978-0-19-969257-6 "The answer is that there is an agreement by convention: individuals producing the smaller of the two gamete typesiThemplethi:Sndsperm or polleniThemplethi:Sndare males, and those producing larger gametesiThemplethi:Sndeggs or ovulesiThemplethi:Sndare females."  Unknown parameter |veditors= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |vauthors= ignored (help)
  4. Hermaphroditism: A Primer on the Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Dual Sexuality (in English) Columbia University Press 2011 pp. 1–7 ISBN 978-0-231-52715-6 archived from the original on 11 October 2020 retrieved 18 September 2020  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |vauthors= ignored (help)