gonads

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The scientists won't have the full results until this fall, after the first generation is 8 to 10 months old — the age at which salmon normally develop gonads.

From Salon

The cycles, and lag times, are evident in hormones released by the thyroid, liver, adrenal cortex and gonads, directed by the pituitary gland in the brain.

From Scientific American

To observe the granules’ movements, Brangwynne squeezed worm gonads that harbor the structures between two microscope cover slips.

From Science Magazine

The cells that eventually set up shop in the gonads start far away from their target early in an embryo’s development.

From Scientific American

Now, you might not need to be convinced that language is passed, as Pinker says, from people’s mouths, not their gonads.

From Scientific American