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All of your points are addressed in the article, but in short: phenotypic and behavioural diversity within each sex class in gonochoric species does not imply t
by fresh_apples 3y ago
All of your points are addressed in the article, but in short: phenotypic and behavioural diversity within each sex class in gonochoric species does not imply that sex itself is a spectrum. Nor does the existence of hermaphroditic species, in which each individual embodies both female and male reproductive systems, imply this either.
It's quite telling that no-one who advocates for a 'sex spectrum' model can actually define it in a way that applies to all anisogamic species, is consistent with the observations of biologists, and has any scientific utility.