Following up abnormal growth (making giants and dwarfs) and abnormal metabolism (goitre, diabetes, and so on), it has been stated that it would seem that abnormal growth is dominant in the male, and recessive in the female, while abnormal metabolism is dominant in the female and recessive in the male.

Protein metabolism in the plant.

The former is constructive metabolism, or anabolism; the latter, destructive metabolism, or katabolism.

The former is constructive metabolism, or anabolism; the latter, destructive metabolism, or katabolism.