| Term: | male organism development of animal secondary male sexual characteristics |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | male organism |
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| Definition: | Gonochoristic organism that can produce male gametes. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000242] |
| Name: | development of animal secondary male sexual characteristics |
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| Synonyms: | development of secondary male sexual characteristics, development of secondary male sexual characteristics, sensu Metazoa |
| Definition: | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the secondary male sexual characteristics over time, from their formation to the mature structures. In male mammals, examples include growth of axillary, chest, and pubic hair, voice changes, and testicular/penile enlargement. Development occurs in response to sex hormone secretion. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0046544] QuickGO AmiGO |