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The transformation of the normal female anal fin into a male-like gonopod is induced by prolonged administration of testosterone propionate. Such treatments influence this secondary sex characteristic in all cases, from female to male, over an interval of approximately 5 months. These experimentally induced transformations of the normal female anal fin into that of a male-like gonopod were observed in all of 91 specimens so treated.
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