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Descriptor English: Hermaphroditic Organisms
Descriptor Spanish: Organismos Hermafroditas
Descriptor organismos hermafroditas
Scope note: Animales y plantas que poseen como forma normal de reproducción órganos sexuales masculinos y femeninos en el mismo individuo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Organismos Hermafroditas
Descriptor French: Organismes hermaphrodites
Entry term(s): Dichogamous Organisms
Heterodichogamous Organisms
Protandrous Organisms
Protogynous Organisms
Tree number(s): B05.275
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057850
Scope note: Animals and plants which have, as their normal mode of reproduction, both male and female sex organs in the same individual.
Annotation: natural sex reversal processes are indexed SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Disorders of Sex Development (1964-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 53926
Unique ID: D057850
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Hermaphroditic Organisms - Preferred
Concept UI M0539409
Scope note Animals and plants which have, as their normal mode of reproduction, both male and female sex organs in the same individual.
Preferred term Hermaphroditic Organisms
Protogynous Organisms - Narrower
Concept UI M0539414
Scope note Organisms which begin as female and later switch to male.
Preferred term Protogynous Organisms
Protandrous Organisms - Narrower
Concept UI M0539413
Scope note Organisms which begin as male and later switch to female.
Preferred term Protandrous Organisms
Dichogamous Organisms - Narrower
Concept UI M0539412
Scope note Animals and plants in which both sperm and eggs are produced by the same individual but at different times.
Preferred term Dichogamous Organisms
Heterodichogamous Organisms - Narrower
Concept UI M0539415
Scope note Organisms with both protandrous and protogynous individuals.
Preferred term Heterodichogamous Organisms



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