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Ovarian influences on female development: Revolutionary or evolutionary?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

Kim Wallen
Kim Wallen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 kim@emory.edu
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Abstract

The Fitch & Denenberg target article focuses almost exclusively on short gestation mammals, which differ substantially from long-gestation mammals in the timing and type of hormonal contribution to their sexual differentiation. Conclusions regarding the role of ovaries in female sexual differentiation may accordingly apply to only a limited number of species. Specific criticisms of the organizational effects of hormones stem from an incomplete reading of the original literature. The mechanisms proposed in this target article reflect an extension of the principle of hormonal organization, not a revolutionary restructuring.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , June 1998 , pp. 339 - 340
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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