Hermaphrodite

author argues that female and male are not the only sexes, “there are five sexes or more on a spectrum. There is the true hermaphrodites, who possess one testis and one ovary (the sperm- and egg-producing vessels, or gonads); the male pseudo-hermaphrodites (the "merms"), who have testes and some aspects of the female genitalia but no ovaries; and the female pseudo-hermaphrodites (the "ferms"), who have ovaries and some aspects of the male genitalia but lack testes” (pg2). Sterling’s point is…

not produce any male plant. However, the majority of the feminised seed producers do not pick up a stable mother plant for their seeds to grow perfect as the process is both lengthy and costly! Instead, most of the feminised plants end up being hermaphrodites. The experienced growers do not use feminised seeds and the feminised seeds are never used for breeding. Auto-flowering Cannabis Seeds: Most of the cannabis plants begin their flowering phase when the photoperiod (length of the time exposed…

(O’Conner, 243). Her sin is pride and she acknowledges that. When the two other girls come back from the fair, they tell her about the Hermaphrodite at the fair who embraced what he/she was. This left the child wondering what the hermaphrodite was saying to the crowd. She is reminded about how everyone is a temple of the holy spirit. She thinks how the hermaphrodite was saying God made me like this and it is okay. When the young girl goes to church, she begs God to help her not be mean and to be…

elegans is very suitable for genetic study with its short life cycle, two sexes of both self-fertilizing hermaphrodites and males, and easy cultivation in the laboratory, which makes it easy for researcher to perform genetic crossing (BRENNER 1974). Second, although the adult hermaphrodite has only 959 somatic cells, it contains many different organs and tissues including muscle, hypodermis, intestine, reproductive system, and a nervous system with…

and their child would most likely have them go to therapy, Aalyah chose to just listen in and go with it. Aalyah Torus is the daughter of your average middle class family who really had nothing going for her growing up. Sure Aalyah was born a hermaphrodite but that wasn't anything special in these parts. She did okay in school and had a knack for art so getting into photography later in life was natural for her. Even being somewhat of a social butterfly Aalyah seemed to be about as normal as…

Coelenterata - Characteristics of coelenterata are as follows: Coelenterata are creatures that live in the sea although there are some who live in fresh water.Coelenterata included in the class of diploblastik. Exterior body composition has epidermal cells and in the inner layer of gastrodermis. Coelenterata have a difference compared to the porifera where although equally hollow but coelenterata has only one hole for all activities such as eating and as a disposal. Another feature is on the…

In the book “As Nature Made Him,” Ron Colapinto writes about a family who goes through a traumatic experience after a shocking accident at the hospital. On August 22 1965, a young couple —Ron and Janet Reimer— welcomed twin boys into the world, Bruce and Brian. In 1966, a year after the twins were born, the couple took the twins to the St. Boniface hospital for a circumcision. Unfortunately one of the twins—Bruce— suffered a mishandled operation, which severely damaged his penis. The Reimer’s…

anything." Kecie and I both looked at each other and quietly awed. In my mind I thought this is going to be harder than I thought. Although I 've come this far so I couldn’t have backed out now, he wasn’t a bad guy I just wasn’t interested. "I 'm a Hermaphrodite." I blurted out, and there was silence. "Hello? Reggie you there?" As I nervously bite my nails, waiting for a reply "Yeah, I 'm here I just trying to understand, so you a man?" I couldn’t help but laugh as I explained to him that I wasn…

In childbirth, a newborn's identity is male or female, based on somatic traits. However, in some cases a person's sex can be ambiguous because of mutated genes. This was the case for a hermaphrodite named Cal in Jeffrey Eugenides's, Middlesex. In this novel Eugenides tells the story of Cal and of his Greek-American family, through a history of three generations. To begin with, Cal's grandparents Lefty and Desdemona are siblings who migrate to America because of Turkish attacks on their homeland,…

one of the special feature about this snail is his tongue which is called radula, which is a ribbon-like tongue with teeths [1,2]. These snails are omnivores as they eat plants , decaying flesh, algies. These snails and most other snails are hermaphrodites, having both male and female sex organs. Usually they mate with another individual of the same species but they can self fertilize. The fertilized eggs hatch between two weeks to two months and are often buried about 10cm under the soil or…