testes

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Some can be born with external female genitalia but functioning testes, and are often certified as female at birth and raised as such.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

In the brain, sexual differentiation starts before birth and results from a combination of sex chromosomes in brain tissue, sex hormones produced by the testes or ovaries and the environment.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

Researchers found high levels of microplastics in human and dog testes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Over the past couple of decades researchers have found that long-distance signaling goes beyond a few glands and organs—the pancreas, thyroid, testes, and ovaries—that spill out familiar hormones such as insulin and testosterone.

From Science Magazine • May 22, 2024

“Ten males had amounts ranging from 30 to 109 parts per million in the testes, and two females had 151 and 211 parts per million respectively in the egg follicles in their ovaries.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson