XY Individuals with Total Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome ____

question 47

Multiple Choice

XY individuals with total androgen insensitivity syndrome ____.

• A) ​do not secrete testosterone
• B) ​do not have testes
• C) ​have mutated testosterone receptors in their cells
• D) ​secrete more estrogen than testosterone
• E) ​have normal male genitalia

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