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Studies show that male fish in detergent-contaminated water express female characteristics, turtles are sex-reversed by PCBs, male frogs exposed to a common herbicide form multiple ovaries, pseudohermaphroditic offspring are produced by polar bears, and seals in contaminated water have an excess of uterine fibroids.
Dan Agin: Plastic Bottles, Poison, and Endocrine Disruptors 2008
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It is important to remember that although homosexuals and heterosexuals may be "sex-reversed" in some ways, in other ways they are not.
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It is important to remember that although homosexuals and heterosexuals may be "sex-reversed" in some ways, in other ways they are not.
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[Play] is an example of a sex-reversed trait in gay people that's not directly related to sex.
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[Play] is an example of a sex-reversed trait in gay people that's not directly related to sex.
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Theoretical growth of sex-reversed O. Niloticus reared in intensive conditions
1. Breeding 1998
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In ongoing studies, Hayes is investigating whether this apparent resistance is inherited, as well as whether the sex-reversed males have more susceptible offspring.
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In fact, SOX9 heterozygous mutations cause the severe campomelic dysplasia syndrome (CMPD MIM 114290), in which - in addition to defects in cartilage and bone - about 75% of affected XY individuals have a sex-reversed phenotype
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mara Marongiu et al. 2010
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The female foals would either become carriers themselves or be born as sterile, sex-reversed animals.
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Now, we have clearly shown that many of these animals are sex-reversed males, 'Hayes said in a statement.
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