that are inserted in the female or that hold her near her gonopore during sperm transfer"; female genitalia are defined as "those parts of the female reproductive tract that make direct contact with male genitalia or male products (sperm, spermatophores) during or immediately after copulation".

Evolution

It is hard to find a common origin for gonads. However, gonads most likely evolved independently several times. At first,

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