What will you look for to identity the sex of the following?
What will you look for to identity the sex of the following?
Male frog - a copulatory pad on the first digit of the hind limb
Female cock- - anal cerci roach
Male shark - claspers borne on pelvic fins
Female Ascaris - sharply curved posterior end
Solution
A clasper is a male anatomical structure found in some groups of animals, and used in mating. Male cartilaginous fish like shark have claspers formed from the posterior portion of their pelvic fin which serves as intromittent organs used to channel semane into the female's cloaca during mating.