During embryogenesis, without any external influences for or against, the human reproductive system is intrinsically conditioned to give rise to a female reproductive organisation.As a result, if a go ...
An ovotestis or hermaphroditic gland (in Latin language: glandula hermaphroditica), is found as normal anatomical feature in the reproductive system of some gastropods including such species as the la ...
Whether or not testosterone therapy in men causes important adverse effects was unclear as of 2010; however, as of September 2014, such therapy has been under review for appropriateness and safety by ...
In general, androgens promote protein synthesis and growth of those tissues with androgen receptors. Testosterone effects can be classified as virilizing and anabolic, though the distinction is somewh ...
The term derives from the Latin: hermaphroditus, from Ancient Greek: ?ρμαφρ?διτο? hermaphroditos, which derives from Hermaphroditos ( ?ρμα?ρ?διτο?), the son of Hermes and Aphro ...
In the case of human ovaries, each one is whitish in color and located alongside the lateral wall of the uterus in a region called the ovarian fossa. The fossa usually lies beneath the external iliac ...
Almost all healthy male vertebrates have two testicles. They are typically of similar size, although in sharks, that on the right side is usually larger, and in many bird and mammal species, the left ...
Gonads start developing as a common primordium (an organ in the earliest stage of development), in the form of gonadal ridges, and only later are differentiated to male or female sex organs. The prese ...
Different types of mosaicism exist, such as gonadal mosaicism (restricted to the gametes) or tissue or somatic mosaicism.Somatic mosaicismSomatic mosaicism occurs when the somatic cells of the body ar ...
The first published report of a boy with a 48, XXYY karyotype was by Sylfest Muldal and Charles H. Ockey in Manchester, England in 1960. It was described in a 15-year-old mentally challenged boy who s ...
Triple X syndrome is not inherited, but usually occurs as an event during the formation of reproductive cells (ovum and sperm). An error in cell division called nondisjunction can result in reproducti ...
Boys with the 47,XYY karyotype have an increased growth velocity from early childhood, with an average final height approximately 7 cm (3") above expected final height. In Edinburgh, Scotland, eight 4 ...
While it is possible to characterise XXY males based on physical characteristics, substantial variation in physical and developmental traits mean the only reliable method of positive or negative ident ...
The following is a list of common symptoms of Turner syndrome. It is important to note that an individual may have any combination of symptoms and is unlikely to have all symptoms.Short statureLymphed ...
The existence of two sexes seems to have been selected independently across different evolutionary lineages (see Convergent Evolution). The repeated pattern is sexual reproduction in isogamous species ...
