Androgens are hormones which govern the development and maintenance of male characteristics. Testosterone is the best known of these in humans.
Androgens are also present in females and play a role in reproduction in both sexes.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
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