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Sex Characteristics

Known as: sexual dimorphism (noncellular), Dimorphisms, Sexual, Sexual Dimorphism 
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Hormones as sex pheromones in fish
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Epidermal growth factor gene expression is regulated differently in mouse kidney and submandibular gland.
The concentration of the peptide mitogen epidermal growth factor (EGF) is hormonally and developmentally regulated in the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Baseline level of blood lead concentration among Japanese farmers.
Lead concentrations were determined for more than 2500 blood samples (more than 2000 winter samples and approximately 500 summer… 
Review
1978
Review
1978
SEX RATIOS IN TROPICAL FOREST TREES
Sex ratios of dioecious plants often depart significantly from unity (Correns, 1922; Dzhapardize, 1967; Godley, 1964; Pauley and… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Sex differences in adolescent alcohol and drug use. A disappearing phenomenon.
In a study of junior and senior high-school students in two Massachusetts communities, few consistent sex differences were found… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Chromosomal abnormalities and sex ratio in rabbit blastocysts.
Summary. Chromosomal analyses were made of 463 rabbit blastocysts drawn from thirty-nine superovulated does of four strains… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Optimal sex ratio in Silene alba3
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Age and sex differences in pure tone threshold
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Biochemical studies on sockeye salmon during spawning migration. XII. Liver glycogen.
Liver glycogen levels were determined for a pure stock of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) taken at three locations during… 
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
The influence of sex and of testosterone upon fatty liver due to ethionine.
ETHIONINE (α-amino-γ-ethylmercapto-butyric acid), a presumed antagonist of methionine, had previously been shown to induce a…