"Sex Differentiation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The process in developing sex- or gender-specific tissue, organ, or function after SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES have set the sex of the GONADS. Major areas of sex differentiation occur in the reproductive tract (GENITALIA) and the brain.
| Descriptor ID |
D012733
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.500.325.377.843 G07.345.750.500 G08.686.841.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Differentiation- Sex Differentiation
- Sexual Differentiation
- Differentiation, Sexual
- Differentiation, Sex
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Differentiation" by people in Profiles.
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Fetal programming of polycystic ovary syndrome: Effects of androgen exposure on prenatal ovarian development. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2021 03; 207:105830.
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Perinatal exposure to the phthalates DEHP, BBP, and DINP, but not DEP, DMP, or DOTP, alters sexual differentiation of the male rat. Toxicol Sci. 2000 Dec; 58(2):350-65.