Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Heterocoelous

👉 In biology, a heterocoelous organism is an organism that has both a male and female reproductive organs but lacks a male-specific gene. This means that males and females are not genetically related to each other in terms of traits such as reproduction, sexual selection, or genetic diversity. For example, a heterocoelous animal would have one set of chromosomes (the X chromosome) for males and another (the Y chromosome) for females, but it would lack the specific gene that controls the sex

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