Name the hormone which develops secondary sexual characteristics:

(a) in females (girls).

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Solution

Solution – Estrogen.

Estrogen is the hormone which develops secondary sexual characteristics in females (girls).

Production of estrogen is under the control of another hormone called gonadotropin hormone.

Gonadotropin hormone is secreted by the pituitary gland.

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