성 (생물학) 편집하기

'''성'''(性)은 [[유성생식]]을 하는 동물과 식물이 다음 세대를 생산 시에 부모와 유전으로 다른 유형의 개체를 만들 수 있도록 보장하는 기능<ref name="Stevenson">{{서적 인용| vauthors  = Stevenson A, Waite M |title=Concise Oxford English Dictionary: Book & CD-ROM Set|publisher=[[OUP Oxford]]|isbn=978-0-19-960110-3|year=2011|page=1302|access-date=March 23, 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4XycAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1320|quote=Sex: Either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions. The fact of belonging to one of these categories. The group of all members of either sex.|archive-date=11 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311123653/https://books.google.com/books?id=4XycAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1320|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Purves">{{서적 인용|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kS-h84pMJw4C&pg=PA736|title=Life: The Science of Biology|vauthors=Purves WK, Sadava DE, [[Gordon Orians|Orians GH]], Heller HC|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]|year=2000|isbn=978-0-7167-3873-2|page=736|quote=A single body can function as both male and female. Sexual reproduction requires both male and female haploid gametes. In most species, these gametes are produced by individuals that are either male or female. Species that have male and female members are called dioecious (from the Greek for 'two houses'). In some species, a single individual may possess both female and male reproductive systems. Such species are called monoecious ("one house") or hermaphroditic.|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626184052/https://books.google.com/books?id=kS-h84pMJw4C&pg=PA736|archive-date=26 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>이자 메커니즘이다.

== 같이 보기 ==
* [[성별]]
* [[젠더]]

== 각주 ==
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== 외부 링크 ==

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