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gonads

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  1. The organs in animals that produce sex cells: ovaries in the female, testes in the male.


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The higher amounts of -KTS reduced the expression of Sry in XY gonads and increased genes involved in ovarian development.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2023

Whether early gonads become ovaries or testes is due to cells either becoming Sertoli cells for testes, or pregranulosa cells for ovaries.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2023

Some even retain their stomach contents and gonads.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2023

As an infant, her gonads were removed, which she considers a castration.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2023

Sublethal levels of the chemical halt cell division in the gonads.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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