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Gonad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The gonad is the organ that makes gametes. The gonads in males are the testes and the gonads in females are the ovaries. The product, gametes, are haploid germ cells. For example, spermatozoon and e...
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Ovary: The female gonad, the ovary is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis, one on each side of the uterus. Each ovary is about the size and shape of an almond. The ovaries produce eggs (ova) and female hormones.
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Definition and other additional information on Female gonad from Biology-Online.org dictionary. ... Female gonad --> ovary ... specialist suggested that my body is producing more male hormones than female hormones. I am female.. so I don't understand what this means..what do gonad hormones have to do with female/male...
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Definition of female gonad from the online medical dictionary hosted by mondofacto. ... online medical dictionary | definition of female gonad...
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Female condom ... Female external genitalia ... Female genitalia...
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The importance of sexual dimorphic expression of HSD17B1 and HSD17B3 in female and male gonads, respectively, is well appreciated yet poorly understood. This is especially true of the mechanisms that restrict HSD17B3 expression to testicular Leydig cells.
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In the current study, we provide evidence that E2 prevents the development of functional Leydig-like cells in the murine ovary and that this action is mediated by estrogen receptor (ER) . ER -null ( ERKO) female mice exhibit testis-like levels of Hsd17b3 expression in the ovaries and male-like levels of plasma T.
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