Voice pitch preferences of adolescents: Do changes across time indicate a shift towards potentially adaptive adult-like preferences? [PDF]
An evolutionary approach to attractiveness judgments emphasises that many human trait preferences exist in order to assist adaptive mate choice. Here we test an adaptive development hypothesis, whereby voice pitch preferences indicating potential mate ...
Jones, Benedict +18 more
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Molecular and Cytogenetic Analysis of Romanian Patients with Differences in Sex Development
Differences in sex development (DSD) are often correlated with a genetic etiology. This study aimed to assess the etiology of DSD patients following a protocol of genetic testing. Materials and methods.
Diana Miclea +9 more
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The effects of intimacy and target sex on direct aggression: Further evidence
The effects on aggression of target sex and relationship with the target were investigated using self-report data. One hundred and seventy-four participants (115 female) reported on acts of direct aggression in the last two years towards: intimate ...
Cross, Catharine Penelope +1 more
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Ovotesticular differences of sex development: male or female? Case series
Background The choice of the sex of rearing in patients with ovotesticular differences of sex development (OT-DSD) is difficult. The final decision should be given by the patient himself or herself, but families’ opinion is not to neglect especially when
Maria-Grazia Scarpa +3 more
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Disorders or Differences of Sex Development? Views of Affected Individuals on DSD Terminology
Over a decade ago, the participants at the International Consensus Conference on Intersex proposed Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) as an umbrella term for “congenital conditions in which the development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex is ...
Gehrmann, Katharina +19 more
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SRY+ Derivative X Chromosome in a Female With Apparently Typical Sexual Development
Background When the SRY gene is present in a 46,XX fetus, some degree of testicular development is expected. Our laboratory performed prenatal genetic testing for a fetus that had screened positive for Y chromosome material by noninvasive prenatal ...
Casey J. Brewer +5 more
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Background and Aims: Of late, there are many legal representations from select quarters to halt all medical interventions in children with differences of sex development (DSD).
Simmi K. Ratan +10 more
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Sex-dependent Depot Differences in Adipose Tissue Development and Function; Role of Sex Steroids
Men and women are different in their fat mass and distribution pattern. The gynoid-type fat distribution, accumulation in lower-body, is considered to be protective while the android-type accumulation in upper-body, both in abdominal subcutaneous and ...
Mi-Jeong Lee, Susan K. Fried
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Background The diagnosis of male differences of sex development is a challenging multidisciplinary team task, that requires external genital evaluation, karyotyping, hormonal profiling, radiological work up and frequently diagnostic laparoscopy and ...
Mohamed Sayed Abd El-Monsif +4 more
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Sex Hormones and Sex Chromosomes Cause Sex Differences in the Development of Cardiovascular Diseases [PDF]
This review summarizes recent evidence concerning hormonal and sex chromosome effects in obesity, atherosclerosis, aneurysms, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and hypertension. Cardiovascular diseases occur and progress differently in the 2 sexes, because biological factors differing between the sexes have sex-specific protective and harmful effects.
Arnold, Arthur P +4 more
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