Individuals with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Are Difficult to Identify as Male

question 65

Multiple Choice

Individuals with androgen insensitivity syndrome are difficult to identify as male or female because

• A) they appear male but have ovaries rather than testes.
• B) they appear female and identify themselves as female but have XY chromosomes.
• C) their chromosomes are XY but their hormone levels are the same as normal women.
• D) they identify as male during childhood but become female during adolescence.

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Definitions:

Metamorphic Equivalent

A rock resulting from the metamorphism of an initial rock type, transforming its mineral composition or structure.

Greenstone

A metamorphic rock, typically formed under low-grade conditions, that has a greenish color due to the presence of minerals such as chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.

Marble

A metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized calcite or dolomite.

Quartzite

A very hard rock consisting chiefly of quartz grains joined by secondary silica that causes the rock to break across rather than around the grains; formed by metamorphism or by silica cementation of a quartz sandstone.