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What do the other sexes mean?
This question is not about sex. It is more to do with biology.
We all know that mushrooms and fugus have 10 to 20 different sexes for each type of mushroom or fugus.
However, what does it mean? How is it possible for mushrooms or fugs to have so many different sexes?
How do they also mate and reproduce?
For example, if mortal man were to have 10 to 20 different sexes, then how do they pair up?
1 Answer
- MorningfoxLv 73 years agoFavorite Answer
Here's an example for fungi: genes at two locations determine "gender". If one individual has A1 genes at location MAT-A, and B2 genes at location MAT-B, then it is gender A1B2. The spores from gender A1B2 need to find spores from an individual that is different at both locations. Perhaps it finds a A2B3 spore, that could match up. But if it meets a type A1B3, then they can't mate.
With humans, it's just XX (female) and XY (males) genes, with rare exceptions. If humans had 20 different sexes ( 4 times 5), then a person could have children with about 60% of the other sexes, instead of 50%.
