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The Phenomenon of Intersexuality Summary of the Investigations of Solenobia triquetrella (Lepid. Psychidea) and Interpretation of the Results (English translation)

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Controversial Geneticist and Creative Biologist

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We have been able to produce animals which are neither male nor female by various experimental means, especially by hybridization of different bisexual forms. These animals are intermediate in all characteristics that differentiate the two sexes and are therefore called intersexes. Their structure is complex, some resemble females, while others resemble males more closely, thus we refer to female-like and male-like intersexes. Both types may show a limited capacity for reproduction. In addition, we find intermediate intersexes with highly abnormal reproductive organs and unable to reproduce.

In Dankbarkeit widme ich diese Arbeit Dr. Curt B. Haniel und Frau Hedi Haniel, Schlederlohe/München. In ihrem Privat-institut für Genetik durfte ich in freier Forschertätigkeit in den Jahren 1920–28 das Fundament zu den Intersexualitätsstudien an Solenobia legen.

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Seiler, J. (1980). The Phenomenon of Intersexuality Summary of the Investigations of Solenobia triquetrella (Lepid. Psychidea) and Interpretation of the Results (English translation). In: Piternick, L.K. (eds) Controversial Geneticist and Creative Biologist. Experientia Supplementum, vol 35. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5855-7_12

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