In the absence of the SRY gene from the Y chromosome, the female sex (ovaries instead of testis) will develop. The development of gonads is a part of the development of ...

Although most people think of the gonads as the male testicles, both sexes actually have gonads: In females the gonads are the ovaries. The female gonads produce female ...

hermaphroditic g's — these gonads vary widely between combinations of male and female tissues in an ovotestis, of which there may be one or two, to a testicle on one ...

The most important of these are the gonads, a pair of sex organs, specifically the testes in the male or the ovaries in the female. Gonads are the true sex organs ...

The organs in animals that produce sex cells: ovaries in the female, testes in the male. ... gonads. in zoology, primary reproductive gland that produces reproductive cells (gametes

The paired ovaries are the female gonads. Each ovary is approximately 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 centimeter) long, 0.6 to 1.2 inches (1.5 to 3.0 centimeters) wide and ...

Female gonads are called ovaries, and they are just bursting with estrogens! Yay!

In some invertebrates, such as oligochaete worms and leeches, both male and female gonads exist in a single organism. Sponges do not have discrete gonads; instead ...

AQUATIC BIOLOGY Aquat Biol Vol. 10: 201-209, 2010 doi: 10.3354/ab00283 Published online September 16 INTRODUCTION Intersexuality has been recorded in several animal groups, from ...

The female gonads are the ovaries; they produce the ovum, or egg. There are two ovaries, one on each side of the uterus. Every month, an ovum, or egg, is released ...