sex reversal

sex reversal
a change in characteristics from those typical of one sex to those typical of the other. Primary sex reversal is that resulting from errors in sex determination, the initial development of testes or ovaries; secondary sex reversal is that resulting from errors in the consequent differentiation of the male or female phenotype.

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