The process in developing sex- or gender-specific tissue, organ, or function after SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES have set the sex of the GONADS. Major areas of sex differentiation occur in the reproductive tract (GENITALIA) and the brain.
    

concept

Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

The problem of sexual differentiation and hermaphroditism / Dr. R. Keller.

The cause and control of sex in human offspring.

The one-sex body on trial : the classical and early modern evidence / Helen King.

Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps--and what we can do about it / Lise Eliot.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Sex Differentiation

Catalogue

Sexing the body : gender politics and the construction of sexuality / Anne Fausto-Sterling.

The problem of sexual differentiation and hermaphroditism / Dr. R. Keller.

The cause and control of sex in human offspring.

The one-sex body on trial : the classical and early modern evidence / Helen King.

Pink brain, blue brain : how small differences grow into troublesome gaps--and what we can do about it / Lise Eliot.