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The Hormones And Development Of One's Sex
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The objectives of this article as I saw them were, (1) to show how fetal gonads
acquire the ability to function as endocrine organs, and (2), to show the
mechanisms by which the endocrine secretions modulate male development. The
researchers .... Middle of Term Paper
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a differentiation. In order to confirm this belief, he removed the gonads from
embryos, prior to the onset of phenotypic differentiation. All resulted in
female phenotypes. The male phenotype is induced and will not manifest if the
proper secretions are not made from the testis.
Although the article fails to mention how, "Jost deduced that two secretions
from the fetal testis are essential for male development - Mullerian-inhibiting
substance and androgen." The mechanism in which spermatogenic tubules form
Mullerian-inhibiting substance is still unclear to scientists. Problems with
improper levels of this hormone result in gene ... |
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