Name the hormone which develops secondary sexual characteristics :

(a) in females (girls).

(b) in males (boys).

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Gland Hormone Function

Ovaries (females) Estrogen ►develops and maintains female secondary sex characteristics

Progesterone (female) ►promotes changes in uterus during the reproductive cycle

Testes (male) Testosterone ►controls development of male secondary sex characteristics

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Ovaries (females)	Estrogen	►develops and maintains female secondary sex characteristics
Progesterone (female)	►promotes changes in uterus during the reproductive cycle
Testes (male)	Testosterone	►controls development of male secondary sex characteristics