Explain the following:
Some women develop beards and moustaches

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Solution

Sex corticoids
Adrenal cortex secretes a group of hormones called sex corticoids which are responsible for male sexual characteristics like beard and moustache.
Some women develop beards and moustache due to hyperactivity of the adrenal cortex.
Overproduction of these hormones in females can lead to the unusual appearance of beard and moustache.

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