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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > physiology > reproduction > sexual systems > hermaphroditism > protogyny

Fields of Study > physiology > growth and development > biological development > sexual development > sexual maturity > dichogamy > protogyny

Preferred Term:

protogyny

Definition:

Maturation first of the female gonad, then the male gonad in an hermaphroditic organism.

Concept Schemes:

NALT Full

Broader Concept:

hermaphroditism, dichogamy

URI:

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33220

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