Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom

by R. Reinboth

When Richard Goldschmidt' coined the term "intersexuality" in 1915, he intended it to apply to normally dioecious species which exhibit some kind of mixture between male and female characters. However, as knowledge of the bewildering variability present in the sexual orga- nization of members of the animal kingdom has increased, the original meaning of the word has changed. Today many authors define inter- sexuality as "the presence of both male and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642660711
• ISBN13: 9783642660719
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"