gonads

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If this doesn't happen, the gonads default to become ovaries.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Whether early gonads become ovaries or testes is due to cells either becoming Sertoli cells for testes, or pregranulosa cells for ovaries.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Some even retain their stomach contents and gonads.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023

As an infant, her gonads were removed, which she considers a castration.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Sublethal levels of the chemical halt cell division in the gonads.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson