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Wednesday 20 August 2014

Tetrahymena Thermophila exists in 7 different Sexes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahymena

Tetrahymena thermophila exists in 7 different sexes (mating types) that can reproduce in 21 different combinations, and a single tetrahymena cannot reproduce sexually with itself. Each organism "decides" which sex it will become during mating, through a stochastic process.

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