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It's possible for a woman with XY chromosomes to produce testosterone if she doesn't have testicles? or we are talking about a hermaphrodite? (lemmy.world)

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Does she need to have testicles to produce testosterone, right?

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[-] norimee@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago

All people have both testosterone, the male "sex hormone" and estrogen, the female "sex hormone. They just produce it different quantities. Both are needed for all people.

There are a lot of very normal and quite frequent medical reasons why a person's hormone levels can be mixed up and for a woman (afab) to have a high testosterone level or for a man (amab) a high estrogen level.

Women (XX) produce testosterone in mostly their ovaries and adrenal glands.

Men (XY) synthesize estrogen in the Leydig cells and the germ cells in their testis.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

What does the estrogen do in men?

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC179885/

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