Self Assessment Answer # 1 for Lesson 12

by Dr Jamie Love © 2002 - 2005
Genetics Course

Monoecious means to have both male and female sex organs in the same individual and, thus able to produce both male and female gametes (sperm and egg, respectively).
["Monoecious" means "one house" in Greek]
Dioecious organisms come in two sexes, male and female, and each individual will produce only one type of gamete.
["Dioecious" means "two houses" in Greek.]

In animals we use the word "hermaphrodite" instead of "monoecious".

In some taxa sex is determined by the environment (concentrations of hormones or differences in temperature), not genetics.

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