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So those aren't a third sex, it's individuals with both male and female reproductive cells.
Sounds like a third sex
In any case, I think what's being proposed is there are still on 2 unique sexes.
- some of the species have one - some of the species have the other - some have the ability of both.
Technically, yes, that's still only two.
"each sex can enter fertile pairings with 22,960 others" Imagine its Tinder profile :)
"each sex can enter fertile pairings with 22,960 others" Imagine its Tinder profile :)
Tinder is not necessarily about "fertile pairings" though, but I guess humans (and some monkeys) are pretty unique in nature in that regard :)
Schizophyllum commune, known as the splitgill mushroom, has over 23,000 sexes. Two individuals are sexually compatible based on genes at two sites in their genome. If a pair has matching genes at either location, the pair is not sexually compatible.
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Sounds like a third sex
I think it depends on how you define sex, or perhaps even gender would be more accurate? In any case, I think what's being proposed is there are still on 2 unique sexes. - some of the species have one - some of the species have the other - some have the ability of both. Technically, yes, that's still only two.
Your description is premised on the assumption that there are only two sexes to begin with, and define the third sex in terms of the two sexes you assume to be the only ones that exist. Instead you could describe them as sexes A, B, and C where any of following pairings are valid for reproducing: A and B, A and C, B and C, or C and C.
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Is there any possibility that humans could be similar given that not every couple can have children naturally?
There is a massive difference. With that kind of mushroom one can expect that any random pair is very likely to match up. With humans you have tad less of 50% chance of being able to make kids with any random otherwise fertile human.
So those aren't a third sex, it's individuals with both male and female reproductive cells.
Schizophyllum commune, known as the splitgill mushroom, has over 23,000 sexes. Two individuals are sexually compatible based on genes at two sites in their genome. If a pair has matching genes at either location, the pair is not sexually compatible.
Is there any possibility that humans could be similar given that not every couple can have children naturally?