An organism that displays both male and female characteristics, particularly in insects where one side of the body may be male and the other female.
From Greek gynē (woman) + andr- (man) + -morphē (form, shape), literally meaning 'woman-man shape,' used in zoology for bilateral sex-divided organisms.
Gynandromorphs in insects are stunning examples of biological accidents—a fruit fly split perfectly down the middle can be male on one side and female on the other, revealing how sex determination works at the cellular level!
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