gonads
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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
If this doesn't happen, the gonads default to become 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
