Colin Wright gives a history of the gametic definition of biological sex

Colin Wright gives a history of the gametic definition of biological sex

As everyone knows, I adhere to the gametic definition of sex, in which individuals are classified as male or female (or, as in hermaphroditic plants, both sexes in one individual) based on whether their bodies are set up to produce small, mobile gametes (the “males”) or large, immobile gametes (the “females”).  I’ve explained why I adhere to this definition, because it is not only universal in animals and vascular plants, but also because the di…