1. Sex refers to physical or physiological differences between males and females, including both primary sex characteristics (the reproductive system) and secondary characteristics such as height and muscularity. Gender is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male or female.
2. Sexual intercourse that sometimes has the outcome of offspring. Most species do it to reproduce and only 2 species in the whole world do it to have pleasure.
In general terms, “sex” refers to the biological differences between males and females, such as the genitalia and genetic differences. “Gender” is more difficult to define, but it can refer to the role of a male or female in society, known as a gender role, or an individual's concept of themselves, or gender identity.
The basic idea of a hypothesis is that there is no pre-determined outcome. For a hypothesis to be termed a scientific hypothesis, it has to be something that can be supported or refuted through carefully crafted experimentation or observation.
The first stage in Meiosis I is prophase I. During this stage the DNA condenses into chromosomes. During prophase I, homologous chromosomes pair up and exchange sections of DNA. This is called recombination or crossing over