Sex
⚠️ This Article Consists of Sexual/Nudism/Pornographic images and contents . This may be inappropriate for some viewers, but this is for information purposes. Organisms of many species are specialized into male and female varieties, each known as a sex . [1] [2] Sexual reproduction involves the combining and mixing of genetic traits: specialized cells known as gametes combine to form offspring that inherit traits from each parent. The gametes produced by an organism define its sex: males produce small gametes (e.g. spermatozoa, or sperm , in animals) while females produce large gametes ( ova , or egg cells). Individual organisms which produce both male and female gametes are termed hermaphroditic . [2] Gametes can be identical in form and function (known as isogamy ), but, in many cases, an asymmetry has evolved such that two different types of gametes (heterogametes) exist...