PSY 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Xyy Syndrome, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Hermaphrodite
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From conception to 6 weeks, all embryos are sexually bipotential: identical anatomy, potential to develop as either female or male. Gene on y chromosome activates: name: sry (sex-determining region of the y, effect: development of testes, testes produce hormones (androgens): Mullerian inhibiting substance (mis)-decay female duct system. Week 10: most sexual differentiation is completed. Often as twins or red heads (1/100 are intersex) Intersex: a person"s sex characteristics-including chromosomes, gonads or genitals-are not distinct to either a male or female. An example of intersex is a person born with the chromosomes and ovaries of a woman and with external male genitals: intersexuality, used by those of the intersex community, lgbtqi (the i ) Dsd: disorders of sexual development : formally known as hermaphroditism, both used in medical community. Ais- androgen insensitivity syndrome: developed in womb of mother, body does not react to xy chromosomes like normal and reacts like a female with ovaries w/o womb in themselves.
