The "backdoor pathway" of androgen synthesis in human male sexual development.
Mammalian sex determination (male versus female) is largely controlled by genes, whereas sex differentiation (development of reproductive structures) is largely controlled by hormones. Work in the 20th century indicated that female external anatomy was a "default" pathway of development no...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000198 |