lor and grows rapidly, probably in response to the quick change of hormones. This sequential hermaphroditism can be seen many fishes including clown fish and wrasses, as well as in some reptiles.
Related Biology Terms
- Diploid – A cell with the full number and pairs of chromosomes for a given species.
- Haploid – A cell with the full number of chromosomes, but none of the pairs, for a given species.
- Gamete – A haploid cell produced by a gonad in many organisms.
- Sexual-dimorphism – When two organisms of the same species look or function differently based on gender.
1. What is the function of a gonad?
A. To clean the blood of toxins.
B. To produce and regulate hormones.
C. To create gametes, or haploid cells.
D. Some of B and C.
2. Congrats! You found a new species. Now you have to describe it for Science! When watching the organism reproduce, you notice that the individuals mating look the same. There is usually one mating that happens, then both individuals give birth to an offspring. Without killing to creatures to look inside at their gonads, how would you describe them?
C. Sequentially Hermaphroditic.
3. Inside of a gonad, cells that have undergone meiosis often reside close to cells that have not underdone meiosis yet. If you take a cross-section of a gonad, and look at it under the microscope, you can see two cells close to each other, the first has twice as much DNA as the second cell. How do we describe the amount of DNA, scientifically?
A. First Cell: Haploid; Second Cell: Diploid
B. First Cell: Diploid; Second Cell: Haploid
C. First Cell: Duplicated; Second Cell: Singular