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intersexuality Biol.|ˌɪntəsɛksjuːˈælɪtɪ|
[ad. G. intersexualität (R. Goldschmidt 1915, in Biol. Centralblatt XXXV. 566): see inter- 2 b and sexuality.]
The state or condition of being intersexual; intersexual character.
1916R. Goldschmidt in Amer. Naturalist L. 708 It seems advisable to use another term for these forms, which in general represent a definite step between the two sexes. The phenomenon shall therefore be called intersexuality. Further experiments now proved that intersexuality segregates, F2 giving normal and intersexual animals. 1930G. R. de Beer Embryol. & Evolution iii. 22 A series of degrees of intersexuality can be established from very slight to complete sex-reversal. 1965Punch 10 Nov. 691 Goat-breeders have tried to maximise hornlessness..but in so doing they have unwittingly increased the frequency of the gene for intersexuality. 1966K. L. Moore Sex Chromatin xiv. 229 Intersexuality occurs about as frequently in cattle, swine and goats as it does in humans. |