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Physiological Phenomena > Growth and Development > Sexual Development
Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena > Reproductive Physiological Phenomena > Sexual Development

Preferred term

Sexual Development  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Development, Sex
  • Sex Development

Note

  • human and animal

Scope note

  • The processes of anatomical and physiological changes related to sexual or reproductive functions during the life span of a human or an animal, from FERTILIZATION to DEATH. These include SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; and changes during AGING.

History note

  • 2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D046468

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