What do you predict would happen to a young boy nearing the age of puberty who developed an increased sensitivity to the effects of testosterone on the hypothalamus?
A) Puberty would be delayed until the sensitivity dropped.
B) Puberty would begin prematurely as levels of gonadotropin-releasing hormone increased.
C) Puberty would begin but would proceed more slowly because of a negative feedback of testosterone on the posterior pituitary.
D) Increased levels of LH and FSH would cause the testis to secrete higher levels of testosterone.
E) Increased levels of LH and FSH would cause the gonad to secrete estrogen, and female sex characteristics would develop.
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