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SUBMITTER: Cunha GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4069199 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan-Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cunha Gerald R GR Risbridger Gail G Wang Hong H Place Ned J NJ Grumbach Mel M Cunha Tristan J TJ Weldele Mary M Conley Al J AJ Barcellos Dale D Agarwal Sanjana S Bhargava Argun A Drea Christine C Hammond Geoffrey L GL Siiteri Penti P Coscia Elizabeth M EM McPhaul Michael J MJ Baskin Laurence S LS Glickman Stephen E SE
Differentiation; research in biological diversity 20140101 1-2
This review/research paper summarizes data on development of the external genitalia of the spotted hyena, a fascinating mammal noted for extreme masculinization of the female external genitalia. The female spotted hyena is the only extant mammal that mates and gives birth through a pendulous penis-like clitoris. Our studies indicate that early formation of the phallus in both males and females is independent of androgens; indeed the phallus forms before the fetal testes or ovaries are capable of ...[more]