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The administration of testosterone propionate to the pouch young of the opossum induces development of a strange medley of the characters of both sexes. On the male side the phallus, wolffian duct, epididymis, rete, and the glands of the urinogenital sinus are all stimulated, and the effect is commonly greater in males than in females. Müllerian duct derivatives are also stimulated, however, but more so in the female. Differentiation of the gonads is not profoundly affected, and scrotum and pouch are entirely unresponsive. For most structures a sex factor apparently affects the degree of the response.
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