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Original Article
How sexually dimorphic are we? Review and synthesis
Article first published online: 11 FEB 2000
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(200003/04)12:2<151::AID-AJHB1>3.0.CO;2-F
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Blackless, M., Charuvastra, A., Derryck, A., Fausto-Sterling, A., Lauzanne, K. and Lee, E. (2000), How sexually dimorphic are we? Review and synthesis. American Journal of Human Biology, 12: 151–166. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(200003/04)12:2<151::AID-AJHB1>3.0.CO;2-F
Publication History
- Issue published online: 11 FEB 2000
- Article first published online: 11 FEB 2000
- Manuscript Accepted: 14 DEC 1998
- Manuscript Revised: 10 DEC 1998
- Manuscript Received: 5 NOV 1997
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- Office of University President Vartan Gregorian
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Abstract
The belief that Homo sapiens is absolutely dimorphic with the respect to sex chromosome composition, gonadal structure, hormone levels, and the structure of the internal genital duct systems and external genitalia, derives from the platonic ideal that for each sex there is a single, universally correct developmental pathway and outcome. We surveyed the medical literature from 1955 to the present for studies of the frequency of deviation from the ideal male or female. We conclude that this frequency may be as high as 2% of live births. The frequency of individuals receiving “corrective” genital surgery, however, probably runs between 1 and 2 per 1,000 live births (0.1–0.2%). Am. J. Hum. Biol. 12:151–166, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.