loading...| Preferred Name | intromittent organ | |
| Synonyms |
aedeagus penis copulatory organ |
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| Definitions |
An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008811 |
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| capable of part of | ||
| curator note |
this is a broad grouping class connecting a number of different analagous organs by their function. We place the insect aedeagus here rather than penis, although this is somewhat arbitrary given the broadness of the current definition |
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| database_cross_reference |
AAO:0010255 TGMA:0000585 FBbt:00004850 HAO:0000091 Wikipedia:Intromittent_organ TAO:0002036 |
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| external_definition |
Surface structure that is an external structure of a male organism through which sperm is transferred to a female organism during mating.[TAO] |
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| functionally related to | ||
| has_narrow_synonym |
aedeagus penis |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
copulatory organ |
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| id |
UBERON:0008811 |
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| imported from | ||
| in taxon | ||
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon#organ_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#organ_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#grouping_class |
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| label |
intromittent organ |
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| notation |
UBERON:0008811 |
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| only in taxon | ||
| prefLabel |
intromittent organ |
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| textual definition |
An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. |
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| subClassOf |