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Male

Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces, or is organized to produce, the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot reproduce sexually without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and asex…

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Sex determination

HermaphroditicWormsGonochoricDioeciousSeed plants
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Symbol, etymology, and usage

SymbolMars symbolNortheastUnicodeMars
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Overview

SymbolSexOrganismGametesSperm
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Secondary sex characteristics

FitnessSexual selectionSporophyte sex organPlumage
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Evolution

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Male

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Avg. degree1.98
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Male

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related to Symbol · 15
Male → According, Carl Linnaeus, Claude, French, Greek, It, Mars, Roman, Salmasius, Saumaise, Stearn, The, The Unicode, Thouros, William
related to Genetic determination · 13
Male → During, FGF9, It, Most, PGD2, Sertoli, Sox9, SRY, The, The SRY, XX, XY, Y-chromosome
related to Evolution · 10
Male → Although, Anisogamy, Before, Current, In, Many, Numerous, One, The, Volvocales
related to Sex determination · 9
Male → Although, Cymothoa, In, Males, Not, Species, The, These, They
related to Usage · 5
Male → According, Cambridge Dictionary, For, In, Merriam-Webster
related to overview · 4
Male → Accordingly, But, The, There
related to Secondary sex characteristics · 4
Male → Differences, For, In, Sexual
related to Etymology · 3
Male → Borrowed, Latin, Old French
related to Environmental determination · 2
Male → In, Other

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female species sex males humans females sexual symbol also larger organism gametes animals mammals evolved example mating anisogamy including evolution

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Cymothoa exigua change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity.Genetic determinationMost mammalsinstance ofspecies0.80text
including humansinstance ofspecies0.80text
are genetically determined as such by the XY sex-determination system where males have XYinstance ofspecies0.80text
Malerelated to Environmental determinationIn0.60section
Malerelated to Environmental determinationOther0.60section
Malerelated to EtymologyBorrowed0.60section
Malerelated to EtymologyOld French0.60section
Malerelated to EtymologyLatin0.60section
Malerelated to EvolutionThe0.60section
Malerelated to EvolutionBefore0.60section
Malerelated to EvolutionIn0.60section
Malerelated to EvolutionAnisogamy0.60section

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