A brain that is exposed to androgen during prenatal development will not show female sexual behavior in adulthood. This effect is referred to as

a. feminization.
b. emasculinization.
c. behavioral masculinization.
d. aromatization.
e. behavioral defeminization.


Answer: e. behavioral defeminization.

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