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If an Individual Is XY but Has Pseudohermaphroditism, What Happens

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If an individual is XY but has pseudohermaphroditism, what happens as they develop?


A) Initially testes develop but they do not produce testosterone, so the individual develops as a female but is unable to have children.
B) Testes develop but do not send the signals to produce external male sex organs. The individual develops like a female externally and a male internally.
C) Initially, testes develop and leads to eternal sex characteristics of a male, but at puberty, cells lose their sensitivity to testosterone and female characteristic begin to develop.
D) Initially, testes develop but can't signal development of male external genitals, so the individual develops as a female. At puberty, the adrenal gland produces functioning testosterone and the individual develops into a male.
E) Testes develop initially but produce estrogen rather than testosterone, so the individual develops as a female until puberty, when the adrenal gland starts producing testosterone and male characteristics develop.

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