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Science 20 March 1981:
Vol. 211. no. 4488, pp. 1312 - 1318
DOI: 10.1126/science.7209510
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Science, Vol 211, Issue 4488, 1312-1318
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

articles

Effects of prenatal sex hormones on gender-related behavior

AA Ehrhardt and HF Meyer-Bahlburg

Gender identity depends largely on postnatal environmental influences, while sex-dimorphic behavior and temperamental sex differences appear to be modified by prenatal sex hormones. A role of the prenatal endocrine milieu in the development of erotic partner preference, as in hetero-, homo-, or bisexual orientation, or of cognitive sex differences has not been conclusively demonstrated.


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