PSYC 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Gamete, Ovulation, Y Chromosome

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3
• Professor: mis

Document Summary

Behaviors that are different in males and females. Hormones can play a role in the development and control of sexually dimorphic. A chemical that is released by an endocrine gland, travels in the blood, and affects target cells in other organs. E (estrogen; including estrodyl) p (progesterone) development and behavior. Exposure to sex hormones before and after birth is responsible for sexual dimorphism in. Effect of a hormone on tissue differentiation and development. Effects are permanent, once one path starts, no going back. Effect of a hormone that occurs in a fully developed organism. May depend on prior exposure to the organization effects of a hormone. Sperm (male gamete) or ovum (female gamete) Joining of one sperm and one ovum. One pair of those 23 called a sex chromosome. Dictate which gonads you get which dictate what hormones you have more of. Genetic sex is determined at fertilization by the father.