Question
What do you mean by dioecious and monoecious organisms?
Answer
Dioecious and monoecious are terms used to describe the sexual reproductive systems of organisms.
- Dioecious organisms are those that have separate male and female individuals. This means that some individuals in the species are exclusively male, while others are exclusively female. Unlike monoecious organisms, dioecious organisms do not have both male and female reproductive organs in the same individual.
- Monoecious organisms are those that have separate male and female flowers on the same individual. This means that the male and female reproductive organs are present in separate flowers on the same plant. Monoecious organisms are also sometimes referred to as hermaphrodite or bisexual organisms.
