Definitions for gonochorism
gono·cho·rism

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1. gonochorismnoun

   The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives

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1. Gonochorism

   In biology, gonochorism is a sexual system where there are only two sexes and each individual organism is either male or female. The term gonochorism is usually applied in animal species, the vast majority of which are gonochoric.Gonochorism contrasts with simultaneous hermaphroditism but it may be hard to tell if a species is gonochoric or sequentially hermaphroditic. (e.g. Parrotfish, Patella ferruginea). However, in gonochoric species individuals remain either male or female throughout their lives. Species that reproduce by thelytokous parthenogenesis and do not have males can still be classified as gonochoric.

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1. gonochorism

   Gonochorism is a reproductive system in which an organism has distinct male and female sexes and individuals of the species are either male or female. This is in contrast to hermaphroditism, where individuals have both male and female reproductive organs.

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1. Gonochorismnoun

   separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism

2. Gonochorismnoun

   in ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs

3. Gonochorismnoun

   in phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless

4. Etymology: [Gr. offspring + to separate.]

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1. Gonochorism

   In biology, gonochorism or unisexualism or gonochory describes the state of having just one of at least two distinct sexes in any one individual organism. The term is most often used with animals, in which the individual organisms are often gonochorous. Gonochory is less common in plants. For example, in flowering plants, individual flowers may be hermaphrodite or gonochorous, having either no stamens or no ovaries. Among flowering plant species that have unisexual flowers, some also produce hermaphrodite flowers, and the three types occur in different arrangements on separate plants; the plants can be monoecious, dioecious, polygamomonoecious, polygamodioecious, andromonoecious, or gynomonoecious. All mammals and birds are gonochorists. Sex is most often genetically determined, but may be determined by other mechanisms. For example, alligators use temperature dependent sex determination during egg incubation. Good examples of gonochoric or dioecious pollination are hollies, and kiwifruit. In these plants the male plant which supplies the pollen is referred to as the pollenizer.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gonochorism in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gonochorism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gonochorism
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gonochorism