Hormone Physiology

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Chromosomal makeup notation

(Total number of chromosome including sex chromosome, sex chromosome)

Genetic male = 46, XY

Genetic female = 46, XX

Down syndrome (male) = 47, XY, +21

Klinefelter Syndrome = 47, XXY

Turner’s Syndrome = 45, X

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Male sexual development

Component Outcome
SRY/TDF Testis (direct), internal and external genitalia (downstream)
Male internal genitalia (Woffian system = vas deferens, seminal vesicle)
Male external genitalia (penis, glan penis, scrotum)
AMH/MIF + SOX9 Regression of female internal genitalia (Mullerian system = uterine tube, uterus), SOX9

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