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Street Smart
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Street Smart asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 3 years ago

What do the other sexes mean?

Update:

This question is not about sex. It is more to do with biology.

Update 2:

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?

Update 3:

How do they also mate and reproduce?

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For example, if mortal man were to have 10 to 20 different sexes, then how do they pair up?

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  • JazSinc
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
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    We don't call them "sexes" in those cases. Use the terminology "mating types" and start reading here:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mating_type

  • Mh.
    3 years ago

    By GENDER is meant a grammatical classification of nouns, pronouns, or other words in the noun phrase according to certain meaning-related distinctions, especially a distinction related to the sex of the referent. Thus German, for instance, has three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter.

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