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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4nnliches_Geschlecht" title="Männliches Geschlecht – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Männliches Geschlecht" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%88%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%B5" title="ወንድ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ወንድ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3)" title="ذكر (جنس) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ذكر (جنس)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masclo" title="Masclo – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Masclo" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%95%DC%9F%DC%AA%DC%90" title="ܕܟܪܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܕܟܪܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascuru" title="Mascuru – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Mascuru" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascul%C3%ADn" title="Masculín – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Masculín" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urqu" title="Urqu – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Urqu" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%DA%A9%DA%A9" title="ائرکک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ائرکک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97" title="পুংলিঙ্গ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পুংলিঙ্গ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kang_(s%C3%A8ng-pia%CC%8Dt)" title="Kang (sèng-pia̍t) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kang (sèng-pia̍t)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Ата зат – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ата зат" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%86" title="Самец – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Самец" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%86" title="Самец – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Самец" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6" title="मरद – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मरद" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalaki_(tawuha)" title="Lalaki (tawuha) – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Lalaki (tawuha)" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8A%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8A%D0%BC" title="Мъжки организъм – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мъжки организъм" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manndal" title="Manndal – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Manndal" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%C5%BEjak" title="Mužjak – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Mužjak" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par" title="Par – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Par" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascle" title="Mascle – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mascle" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%C3%A7%D0%B0" title="Аçа – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Аçа" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki" title="Laki – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Laki" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hono" title="Hono – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Hono" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwryw" title="Gwryw – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwryw" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank%C3%B8n" title="Hankøn – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hankøn" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4nnliches_Geschlecht" title="Männliches Geschlecht – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Männliches Geschlecht" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isane" title="Isane – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Isane" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C" title="Αρσενικό – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρσενικό" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Атяка – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Атяка" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho" title="Macho – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Macho" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vira_sekso" title="Vira sekso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vira sekso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar" title="Ar – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ar" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B1_(%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3)" title="نر (جنس) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نر (جنس)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A2le" title="Mâle – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mâle" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascli_(ses)" title="Mascli (ses) – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Mascli (ses)" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireannach" title="Fireannach – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Fireannach" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho" title="Macho – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Macho" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D3%80%D0%B0" title="МаӀа – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="МаӀа" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%98%EC%BB%B7" title="수컷 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="수컷" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Արու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0" title="नर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%C5%BEjak" title="Mužjak – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mužjak" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskulo" title="Maskulo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Maskulo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nwoke" title="Nwoke – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Nwoke" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalaki_(sekso)" title="Lalaki (sekso) – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Lalaki (sekso)" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantan" title="Jantan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Jantan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubudoda" title="Ubudoda – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Ubudoda" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlkyn" title="Karlkyn – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Karlkyn" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschio" title="Maschio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Maschio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%9B%D7%A8" title="זכר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="זכר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8E%D8%B1%D9%95%D8%AF" title="مَرٕد – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="مَرٕد" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dume" title="Dume – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Dume" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_(byoloji)" title="Mal (byoloji) – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Mal (byoloji)" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mas" title="Mas – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mas" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%93vi%C5%86%C5%A1" title="Tēviņš – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Tēviņš" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patinas" title="Patinas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Patinas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mol%C3%B3mi" title="Molómi – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Molómi" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mas" title="Mas – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Mas" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%ADmnem_(biol%C3%B3gia)" title="Hímnem (biológia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hímnem (biológia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BA" title="ആൺ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആൺ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0" title="नर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantan" title="Jantan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jantan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagane" title="Tagane – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Tagane" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannelijk_(biologie)" title="Mannelijk (biologie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mannelijk (biologie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87" title="भाले – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भाले" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%82" title="मिजं – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="मिजं" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9B%84" title="雄 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="雄" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1scure" title="Máscure – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Máscure" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hann" title="Hann – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hann" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankj%C3%B8nn" title="Hankjønn – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Hankjønn" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascle" title="Mascle – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mascle" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkak" title="Erkak – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Erkak" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%9F" title="ប្រុស – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ប្រុស" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samiec" title="Samiec – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Samiec" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho" title="Macho – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Macho" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascul" title="Mascul – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Mascul" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urqu_uywa" title="Urqu uywa – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Urqu uywa" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Самець – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Самець" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%86" title="Самец – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Самец" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%83" title="पुरुषः – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="पुरुषः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B2%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱠᱚᱲᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱠᱚᱲᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male" title="Male – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Male" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashkulli" title="Mashkulli – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Mashkulli" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A0sculu" title="Màsculu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Màsculu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male" title="Male – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Male" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samec" title="Samec – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Samec" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab" title="Lab – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Lab" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8E%D8%B1" title="نێر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="نێر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Мужјак – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мужјак" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%C5%BEjak" title="Mužjak – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mužjak" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalu" title="Jalu – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Jalu" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koiras" title="Koiras – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Koiras" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hane" title="Hane – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Hane" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D)" title="ஆண் (பால்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஆண் (பால்)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awtem" title="Awtem – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Awtem" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Ата зат – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Ата зат" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2" title="เพศชาย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เพศชาย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eril" title="Eril – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Eril" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Чоловіча стать – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Чоловіча стать" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B0%DA%A9%D8%B1" title="مذکر – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مذکر" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duzboux" title="Duzboux – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="Duzboux" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A0scolo" title="Màscolo – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Màscolo" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gi%E1%BB%91ng_%C4%91%E1%BB%B1c" title="Giống đực – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Giống đực" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" 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navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the male sex. For the capital of the Maldives, see <a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Male_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Male (disambiguation)">Male (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mars_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mars_symbol.svg/220px-Mars_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mars_symbol.svg/330px-Mars_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Mars_symbol.svg/440px-Mars_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a><figcaption>The symbol of the Roman god <a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a> (god of war) is often used to represent the male sex. It also stands for the planet <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a> and is the <a href="/wiki/Alchemical_symbol" title="Alchemical symbol">alchemical symbol</a> for <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Male</b> (<a href="/wiki/Planet_symbols" class="mw-redirect" title="Planet symbols">symbol</a>: <a href="/wiki/%E2%99%82" class="mw-redirect" title="♂">♂</a>) is the <a href="/wiki/Sex" title="Sex">sex</a> of an <a href="/wiki/Organism" title="Organism">organism</a> that produces the <a href="/wiki/Gamete" title="Gamete">gamete</a> (sex cell) known as <a href="/wiki/Sperm" title="Sperm">sperm</a>, which fuses with the larger <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a> gamete,<sup id="cite_ref-Lehtonen2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lehtonen2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fusco2019_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fusco2019-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hine2015_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hine2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Egg_cell" title="Egg cell">ovum</a>, in the process of <a href="/wiki/Fertilisation" title="Fertilisation">fertilisation</a>. A male organism cannot <a href="/wiki/Sexual_reproduction" title="Sexual reproduction">reproduce sexually</a> without access to at least one ovum from a female, but some organisms can reproduce both sexually and <a href="/wiki/Asexual_reproduction" title="Asexual reproduction">asexually</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Curtis2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Curtis2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most male <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>, including male humans, have a <a href="/wiki/Y_chromosome" title="Y chromosome">Y chromosome</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which codes for the production of larger amounts of <a href="/wiki/Testosterone" title="Testosterone">testosterone</a> to develop <a href="/wiki/Male_reproductive_organs" class="mw-redirect" title="Male reproductive organs">male reproductive organs</a>. </p><p>In humans, the word <i>male</i> can also be used to refer to <a href="/wiki/Gender" title="Gender">gender</a>, in the social sense of <a href="/wiki/Gender_role" title="Gender role">gender role</a> or <a href="/wiki/Gender_identity" title="Gender identity">gender identity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-palazzani_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palazzani-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="The source does not directly state this information, and only uses the terms in passing. (April 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The use of "male" in regard to sex and gender has been subject to <a href="/wiki/Sex%E2%80%93gender_distinction" title="Sex–gender distinction">discussion</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2></div> <p>The existence of separate sexes has evolved independently at different times and in different <a href="/wiki/Lineage_(evolution)" title="Lineage (evolution)">lineages</a>, an example of <a href="/wiki/Convergent_evolution" title="Convergent evolution">convergent evolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Berrill_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berrill-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Klymkowsky-2016_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klymkowsky-2016-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The repeated pattern is sexual reproduction in <a href="/wiki/Isogamy" title="Isogamy">isogamous</a> species with two or more <a href="/wiki/Mating_type" title="Mating type">mating types</a> with gametes of identical form and behavior (but different at the molecular level) to <a href="/wiki/Anisogamy" title="Anisogamy">anisogamous</a> species with <a href="/wiki/Gamete" title="Gamete">gametes</a> of male and <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a> types to <a href="/wiki/Oogamy" title="Oogamy">oogamous</a> species in which the female gamete is very much larger than the male and has no ability to move. There is a good argument that this pattern was driven by the physical constraints on the mechanisms by which two gametes get together as required for <a href="/wiki/Sexual_reproduction" title="Sexual reproduction">sexual reproduction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Accordingly, sex is defined across species by the type of gametes produced (i.e.: spermatozoa vs. ova) and differences between males and females in one lineage are not always predictive of differences in another.<sup id="cite_ref-Klymkowsky-2016_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klymkowsky-2016-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism" title="Sexual dimorphism">Male/female dimorphism</a> between organisms or reproductive organs of different sexes is not limited to animals; male gametes are produced by <a href="/wiki/Chytrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Chytrid">chytrids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diatom" title="Diatom">diatoms</a> and land <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a>, among others. In land plants, <i>female</i> and <i>male</i> designate not only the female and male gamete-producing organisms and structures but also the structures of the <a href="/wiki/Sporophyte" title="Sporophyte">sporophytes</a> that give rise to male and female plants.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evolution">Evolution</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Evolution_of_sexual_reproduction" title="Evolution of sexual reproduction">Evolution of sexual reproduction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sex#Evolution_of_sex" title="Sex">Sex § Evolution of sex</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Anisogamy#Evolution" title="Anisogamy">evolution of anisogamy</a> led to the evolution of male and female function.<sup id="cite_ref-Bachtrogetal_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bachtrogetal-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the evolution of anisogamy, <a href="/wiki/Mating_type" title="Mating type">mating types</a> in a species were <a href="/wiki/Isogamy" title="Isogamy">isogamous</a>: the same size and both could move, catalogued only as "+" or "-" types.<sup id="cite_ref-Sawada_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sawada-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 216">: 216 </span></sup> In anisogamy, the mating type is called a gamete. The male gamete is smaller than the female gamete, and usually mobile.<sup id="cite_ref-Kumar-20192_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kumar-20192-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anisogamy remains poorly understood, as there is no fossil record of its emergence. Numerous theories exist as to why anisogamy emerged. Many share a common thread, in that larger female gametes are more likely to survive, and that smaller male gametes are more likely to find other gametes because they can travel faster. Current models often fail to account for why isogamy remains in a few species.<sup id="cite_ref-Togashi-2011_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Togashi-2011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anisogamy appears to have evolved multiple times from isogamy; for example, female <a href="/wiki/Volvocales" class="mw-redirect" title="Volvocales">Volvocales</a> (a type of green algae) evolved from the plus mating type.<sup id="cite_ref-Togashi-2011_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Togashi-2011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sawada_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sawada-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 222">: 222 </span></sup> Although sexual evolution emerged at least 1.2 billion years ago, the lack of anisogamous fossil records make it hard to pinpoint when males evolved.<sup id="cite_ref-PB-2000_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PB-2000-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One theory suggests male evolved from the dominant mating type (called mating type minus).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbol,_etymology,_and_usage"><span id="Symbol.2C_etymology.2C_and_usage"></span>Symbol, etymology, and usage <span class="anchor" id="Symbol_and_usage"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbol">Symbol</h3></div> <p>A common <a href="/wiki/Gender_symbol" title="Gender symbol">symbol</a> used to represent the male sex is the <a href="/wiki/Mars_symbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars symbol">Mars symbol</a> ♂, a circle with an arrow pointing <a href="/wiki/Ordinal_direction" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinal direction">northeast</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> code-point is: </p> <dl><dd><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+2642</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">♂</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MALE SIGN</span> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886049734"><span class="monospaced">&male;</span>)</dd></dl> <p>The symbol is identical to the planetary symbol of <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a>. It was first used to denote sex by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Carl Linnaeus</a> in 1751. The symbol is sometimes seen as a stylized representation of the shield and spear of the Roman god <a href="/wiki/Mars_(mythology)" title="Mars (mythology)">Mars</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/William_T._Stearn" title="William T. Stearn">William T. Stearn</a>, however, this derivation is "fanciful" and all the historical evidence favours "the conclusion of the French classical scholar <a href="/wiki/Claude_de_Saumaise" class="mw-redirect" title="Claude de Saumaise">Claude de Saumaise</a> (Salmasius, 1588–1683)" that it is derived from <i>θρ</i>, the contraction of a Greek name for the planet Mars, which is <i>Thouros</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3></div> <p>Borrowed from <a href="/wiki/Old_French" title="Old French">Old French</a> <i>masle</i>, from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>masculus</i> ("masculine, male, worthy of a man"), diminutive of <i>mās</i> ("male person or animal, male").<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage">Usage</h3></div> <p>In humans, the word <i>male</i> can be used in the context of <a href="/wiki/Gender" title="Gender">gender</a>, such as for gender role or gender identity of a <a href="/wiki/Man" title="Man">man</a> or <a href="/wiki/Boy" title="Boy">boy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-palazzani_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-palazzani-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, according to Merriam-Webster, "male" can refer to "having a gender identity that is the opposite of female".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Cambridge Dictionary, "male" can mean "belonging or relating to men".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Male</i> can also refer to <a href="/wiki/Gender_of_connectors_and_fasteners" title="Gender of connectors and fasteners">a shape of connectors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Males_across_species">Males across species</h2></div> <p>Species that are divided into females and males are classified as <a href="/wiki/Gonochorism" title="Gonochorism">gonochoric</a> in animals, as <a href="/wiki/Dioecy" title="Dioecy">dioecious</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seed_plants" class="mw-redirect" title="Seed plants">seed plants</a><sup id="cite_ref-Fusco2019_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fusco2019-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as <a href="/wiki/Dioicy" title="Dioicy">dioicous</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cryptogam" title="Cryptogam">cryptogams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ShawGoffinet_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShawGoffinet-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 82">: 82 </span></sup> </p><p>Males can coexist with hermaphrodites, a <a href="/wiki/Sexual_system" title="Sexual system">sexual system</a> called <a href="/wiki/Androdioecy" title="Androdioecy">androdioecy</a>. They can also coexist with females and hermaphrodites, a sexual system called <a href="/wiki/Trioecy" title="Trioecy">trioecy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sex_determination">Sex determination</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sex-determination_system" title="Sex-determination system">Sex-determination system</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anterior_view_of_human_female_and_male,_with_labels_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Anterior_view_of_human_female_and_male%2C_with_labels_2.png/220px-Anterior_view_of_human_female_and_male%2C_with_labels_2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Anterior_view_of_human_female_and_male%2C_with_labels_2.png/330px-Anterior_view_of_human_female_and_male%2C_with_labels_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Anterior_view_of_human_female_and_male%2C_with_labels_2.png/440px-Anterior_view_of_human_female_and_male%2C_with_labels_2.png 2x" data-file-width="818" data-file-height="867" /></a><figcaption>Photograph of an adult male human, with an adult <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a> for comparison. Both models have partially shaved body hair; e.g. clean-shaven pubic regions.</figcaption></figure> <p>The sex of a particular organism may be determined by a number of factors. These may be genetic or environmental, or may naturally change during the course of an organism's life. Although most species have only two sexes (either male or female),<sup id="cite_ref-Berrill_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berrill-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Klymkowsky-2016_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Klymkowsky-2016-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fusco2019_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fusco2019-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hermaphrodite" title="Hermaphrodite">hermaphroditic</a> animals, such as <a href="/wiki/Worm" title="Worm">worms</a>, have both male and female reproductive organs.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Not all species share a common <a href="/wiki/Sex-determination_system" title="Sex-determination system">sex-determination system</a>. In most <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">animals</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Homo_sapiens" class="mw-redirect" title="Homo sapiens">humans</a>, sex is determined <a href="/wiki/Genetics" title="Genetics">genetically</a>; however, species such as <i><a href="/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua" title="Cymothoa exigua">Cymothoa exigua</a></i> change sex depending on the number of females present in the vicinity.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (August 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Genetic_determination">Genetic determination</h3></div> <p>Most <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">humans</a>, are genetically determined as such by the <a href="/wiki/XY_sex-determination_system" title="XY sex-determination system">XY sex-determination system</a> where males have XY (as opposed to XX in females) <a href="/wiki/Sex_chromosomes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex chromosomes">sex chromosomes</a>. It is also possible in a variety of species, including humans, to be <a href="/wiki/XX_male" class="mw-redirect" title="XX male">XX male</a> or have other <a href="/wiki/Karyotypes" class="mw-redirect" title="Karyotypes">karyotypes</a>. During <a href="/wiki/Reproduction" title="Reproduction">reproduction</a>, a male can give either an X sperm or a Y sperm, while a female can only give an X egg. A Y sperm and an X egg produce a male, while an X sperm and an X egg produce a <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The part of the Y-chromosome which is responsible for maleness is the sex-determining region of the Y-chromosome, the <a href="/wiki/SRY" class="mw-redirect" title="SRY">SRY</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SRY activates <a href="/wiki/Sox9" class="mw-redirect" title="Sox9">Sox9</a>, which forms feedforward loops with <a href="/wiki/FGF9" title="FGF9">FGF9</a> and <a href="/wiki/PGD2" class="mw-redirect" title="PGD2">PGD<sub>2</sub></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gonad" title="Gonad">gonads</a>, allowing the levels of these genes to stay high enough in order to cause male development;<sup id="cite_ref-Moniot_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moniot-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for example, Fgf9 is responsible for development of the <a href="/wiki/Spermatic_cord" title="Spermatic cord">spermatic cords</a> and the multiplication of <a href="/wiki/Sertoli_cell" title="Sertoli cell">Sertoli cells</a>, both of which are crucial to male sexual development.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/ZW_sex-determination_system" title="ZW sex-determination system">ZW sex-determination system</a>, where males have ZZ (as opposed to ZW in females) sex chromosomes, may be found in <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">birds</a> and some <a href="/wiki/Insect" title="Insect">insects</a> (mostly <a href="/wiki/Lepidoptera" title="Lepidoptera">butterflies and moths</a>) and other organisms. Members of the insect order <a href="/wiki/Hymenoptera" title="Hymenoptera">Hymenoptera</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Ant" title="Ant">ants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bee" title="Bee">bees</a>, are often determined by <a href="/wiki/Haplodiploidy" title="Haplodiploidy">haplodiploidy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Bachtrogetal_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bachtrogetal-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where most males are <a href="/wiki/Haploid" class="mw-redirect" title="Haploid">haploid</a> and females and some sterile males are <a href="/wiki/Diploid" class="mw-redirect" title="Diploid">diploid</a>. However, fertile diploid males may still appear in some species, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Cataglyphis_cursor" title="Cataglyphis cursor">Cataglyphis cursor</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-dip_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dip-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_determination">Environmental determination</h3></div> <p>In some species of reptiles, such as <a href="/wiki/Alligator" title="Alligator">alligators</a>, sex is determined by the temperature at which the egg is incubated. Other species, such as some <a href="/wiki/Snail" title="Snail">snails</a>, practice sex change: adults start out male, then become female.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In tropical <a href="/wiki/Clown_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Clown fish">clown fish</a>, the dominant individual in a group becomes female while the other ones are male.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In many <a href="/wiki/Arthropod" title="Arthropod">arthropods</a>, sex is determined by infection with <a href="/wiki/Parasite" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasite">parasitic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Endosymbiont" title="Endosymbiont">endosymbiotic</a> <a href="/wiki/Bacterium" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacterium">bacteria</a> of the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Wolbachia" title="Wolbachia">Wolbachia</a></i>. The bacterium can only be transmitted via infected ova, and the presence of the obligate endoparasite may be required for female sexual viability.<sup id="cite_ref-Zimmer_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zimmer-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secondary_sex_characteristics">Secondary sex characteristics</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Secondary_sex_characteristic" title="Secondary sex characteristic">Secondary sex characteristic</a></div> <p>Male animals have evolved to use secondary sex characteristics as a way of displaying traits that signify their <a href="/wiki/Fitness_(biology)" title="Fitness (biology)">fitness</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sexual_selection" title="Sexual selection">Sexual selection</a> is believed to be the driving force behind the development of these characteristics. Differences in physical size and the ability to fulfill the requirements of sexual selection have contributed significantly to the outcome of secondary sex characteristics in each species.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In many species, males differ from females in more ways than just the production of sperm. For example, in some insects and fish, the male is smaller than the female. In seed plants, the <a href="/wiki/Flower" title="Flower">sporophyte sex organ</a> of a single organism includes both the male and female parts. </p><p>In mammals, including humans, males are typically larger than females. This is often attributed to the need for male mammals to be physically stronger and more competitive in order to win mating opportunities. In humans specifically, males have more body hair and muscle mass than females.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Birds often exhibit colorful <a href="/wiki/Plumage" title="Plumage">plumage</a> that attracts females.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2021)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This is true for many species of birds where the male displays more vibrant colors than the female, making them more noticeable to potential mates. 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