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Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena > Reproductive Physiological Phenomena > Sex Characteristics

Preferred term

Sex Characteristics  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Characteristic, Gender
  • Difference, Sex
  • Dimorphism, Gender
  • Dimorphism, Sex
  • Dimorphism, Sexual
  • Gender Characteristic
  • Gender Characteristics
  • Gender Difference
  • Gender Differences
  • Gender Dimorphism
  • Gender Dimorphisms
  • Sex Difference
  • Sex Differences
  • Sex Dimorphism
  • Sex Dimorphisms
  • Sexual Dimorphism
  • Sexual Dimorphisms

Note

  • note SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; and SEX FACTORS are also available

Scope note

  • Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012727

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