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Published online 21 October 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031020-1

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Embryo brain shows sex signs early

Genetic discrepancies between males and females measured mid-term.

Genes drive the brains of male and female embryos apart as early as midway through gestation, a new study suggests1. These gender differences were assumed to arise around birth due to hormones pumped out by males' budding testes.

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