Termons

Under Termonen refers to hormone-like substances of the gametes that act gender-specific lower organisms. They determine gender phenotypically , but not secondary sex characteristics . Male organisms are called androtermons , female organisms are gynotermons .

The terms “Termone” and “ Gamone ” were coined by Max Hartmann in his work General Biology (1925). These substances are mainly found in protozoa , algae and fungi .

Individual evidence

^ Urban & Fischer: Roche Lexicon Medicine. 5th edition, p. 1809, Elsevier / Urban & Fischer-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 9783437151507 .
^ Brockhaus ABC Chemie , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig 1965, pp. 1386-1387.
↑ Heng-an Chen: The theory of sexuality and "theoretical biology" by Max Hartmann in the first half of the twentieth century. P. 199, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, ISBN 9783515078962 .
^ Wissenschaft-Online-Lexika: Entry on termons in the Lexikon der Biologie , accessed on January 25, 2009.

[1] Urban & Fischer: Roche Lexicon Medicine. 5th edition, p. 1809, Elsevier / Urban & Fischer-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 9783437151507 .

[ABC_Chemie-2] Brockhaus ABC Chemie , VEB FA Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig 1965, pp. 1386-1387.

[3] Heng-an Chen: The theory of sexuality and "theoretical biology" by Max Hartmann in the first half of the twentieth century. P. 199, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, ISBN 9783515078962 .

[4] Wissenschaft-Online-Lexika: Entry on termons in the Lexikon der Biologie , accessed on January 25, 2009.