Hermaphrodites can either reproduce by virtue of self-fertilization or they can mate with a male and use the male derived sperm to fertilize their eggs. While virtually the entire progeny that is produced by self-fertilization is hermaphroditic, half of the cross-progeny is male.

To find the mode, or modal value, it is best to put the numbers in order. A number that appears most often is the mode.

The mode or modal value is the data value that appears most often in a set of data. To find the mode, we record all the different data values in the set, and how many times each one appears in our data set. The value that occurs the greatest number of times is the mode.

When low population density or low mobility of a species limits the number of potential mates, simultaneous hermaphrodites may have a selective advantage because, first, they are able to adjust the allocation of resources between male and female functions in order to maximize fitness; second, in a hermaphroditic …

Being a hermaphrodite is thought to increase the chances of solitary organisms reproducing, because they can both give and receive gametes. This allows them to both share their DNA, while at the same time having the chance to develop an offspring of their own.

The food is digested in the collar cells (amebocytes) that move through the sponge. How is being hermaphroditic an advantage to sponges? They produce both male and female gametes and are both sexual and asexual. When sponges produce both male and female gametes are formed when amebocytes divide by mitosis.

There are several possible causes: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (the most common cause). Male hormones (such as testosterone) taken or encountered by the mother during pregnancy. Male hormone-producing tumors in the mother: These are most often ovarian tumors.

Ambiguous genitalia is a rare condition in which an infant’s external genitals don’t appear to be clearly either male or female. In a baby with ambiguous genitalia, the genitals may be incompletely developed or the baby may have characteristics of both sexes.

According to the judgement, hijras are biological males who reject their masculine identity and identify either as women, or “not-men”, or “in-between man and woman” or “neither man nor woman”.

Sponges may also reproduce asexually. The sperm floating in the water reach the “female” sponge (one that is producing eggs at the time of reproduction) by the pumping action of choanocytes. In the same way that food is obtained, the choanocytes trap sperm cells as they flow through the interior of the organism.