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The Wolffian ducts become the vas deferens, and the cloaca becomes the urethra and rectum.

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Bipotential gonads, or gonads that can develop into male or female sexual organs, are connected to a central cavity called the cloaca via Müllerian ducts and Wolffian ducts.

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At the same time, testosterone secretion stimulates growth of the male tract, the Wolffian duct.

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Without these stimuli, the Müllerian duct will develop and the Wolffian duct will degrade, resulting in a female embryo.

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Fetal hormones, taking chromosomal cues, inhibit Miillerian structures, promote Wolffian ducts.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides