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Adolescent Development: Testicular Feensitivity Syndrome (AIS)

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I personally think science is pretty cool in all its forms (so it’s probably a good thing that I’m a biology major). When discussing puberty in “Adolescent Development,” it made me think of a topic that was recently discussed in my Anatomy and Physiology course: androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS), which is also called testicular feminization. To better understand a concept as a whole, I always like to consider the abnormalities. AIS is when a child is assumed a girl, but upon physical examination shows the presence of testes in the abdomen and a karyotype reveals that she has the XY chromosomes of a male. The testes within the abdomen produce normal male levels of testosterone, but the target cells lack receptors for it. It is a rather